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Anyone eles see this

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Every night the same time, this BIG ruby crab comes out and walks up and down the front glass. It is a hoot to watch him.
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cool looking crab, we had one like that but it died a long time ago
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It's odd our emerald crabs grow, but nothing like the speed of growth the ruby do. They look like the terminator crabs
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pretty crab.....how long should you boil that one.... :twisted:
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Wow, an ORANGE Mitrax (emerald)??? that's cool!

p.s. I love emerald crabs, they're the bomb :)
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As I told you before Terry, your a bad bad man :lol: .

ShagMan, come over some day and fish one of these monsters out if you want one. They have started killing the little guys off they are that big.
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Wowsah... I can definitely take on a few, I have no small crabs other than some hermits, so wouldn't hurt my tank at all... we mysteriously lost all of ours a year or so back and never replenished. They're cute when they "put up their dukes" when fish come by :) Remind me, and I'll get some of 'em from you if they can be caught.
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I had two or three of them before Ivan :(
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medikall wrote:I had two or three of them before Ivan :(
But did they do this dance on the front like this silly thing does? I just find it to be very odd, maybe it isnt, that's what I am in need of knowing?
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Mine were actually very shy, normally hiding under and behind the rock, never saw any dances.
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I have to say, I never saw mine ever get onto the sand, they were usually hanging out under some rock, or where you couldn't see them well... exception was when I feed, they would come out where I could see 'em. But I have never seen one on the sand against the glass like that!
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One cool looking crab.
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Ok Shagman, gotta know, are the crabs doing the dance in your tank too? And if so, isn't it the wildest thing you ever saw?
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haven't seen it yet... they disapeared after the 2nd day... I keep looking for them tho! Dunno about these two, but in the past my emeralds have been VERY shy, hard to find.
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