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Old 01/09/2008, 05:32 PM
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Things on Crab (Mites?)

I was looking at my emerald crab today, when I saw lots of little yellow things crawling around on it that looked like mites. Are they bad/good/do nothing? How do you kill them if they are bad?
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Old 01/09/2008, 05:35 PM
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Forgot to say that it will be very hard to take a picture of them because they are .5-1 mm long, and the crab is usually in a spot that would be hard to take a picture of. Also, the "mites" seem to be only on it's claws.
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Old 01/09/2008, 10:43 PM
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Old 01/10/2008, 05:55 PM
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Some sort of flatworm maybe? Would it be possible to catch the crab and then somehow dip only the claws in RO?
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Old 01/10/2008, 06:10 PM
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Why would RO water help?
 

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