Synger
07/15/2001, 07:14 PM
Greetings,
A coworker noticed me constantly carrying reef books to the break room and to lunch and wrongly assumed I was some kind of authority. I feel a little bad for the guy because he has gotten taken in several directions by a lfs. He has no web access so he was pretty much at the mercy of what he considered to be a kind and knowledgeable shop owner. For the time being I've loaned him 3/4 of my reef library and tried to explain to him that running a chiller to keep your tank at 70F to "slow metabolism" is not necessarily the best way to go. But I digress.......
The reason he approached me was because on his last rather large live rock he had a hitch hiker. I have identified it as a Spotted Porcelain Crab. In his tank he also has an open brain, a devils hand, yellow tube sponge, 3 types of shrimp, red leg hermits, unidentified anemone, 3 yellow tangs, 5 blue chromies, and a watchmen goby. The tank is a 125g bow front and it appears to be well lit. He actually has an Ecosystem sump that has kept his water in good shape. My immediate question is about this porcelain crab. I've found very little about them in particular. In The Conscientious Marine Aquarist by Fenner they are referred to as "peaceful". What does that mean? Are they reef Safe? Will it damage his coral, or kill his fish? Please clarify......
Thanks for your time,
Jim
A coworker noticed me constantly carrying reef books to the break room and to lunch and wrongly assumed I was some kind of authority. I feel a little bad for the guy because he has gotten taken in several directions by a lfs. He has no web access so he was pretty much at the mercy of what he considered to be a kind and knowledgeable shop owner. For the time being I've loaned him 3/4 of my reef library and tried to explain to him that running a chiller to keep your tank at 70F to "slow metabolism" is not necessarily the best way to go. But I digress.......
The reason he approached me was because on his last rather large live rock he had a hitch hiker. I have identified it as a Spotted Porcelain Crab. In his tank he also has an open brain, a devils hand, yellow tube sponge, 3 types of shrimp, red leg hermits, unidentified anemone, 3 yellow tangs, 5 blue chromies, and a watchmen goby. The tank is a 125g bow front and it appears to be well lit. He actually has an Ecosystem sump that has kept his water in good shape. My immediate question is about this porcelain crab. I've found very little about them in particular. In The Conscientious Marine Aquarist by Fenner they are referred to as "peaceful". What does that mean? Are they reef Safe? Will it damage his coral, or kill his fish? Please clarify......
Thanks for your time,
Jim