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Old 04-29-2008, 09:38 PM
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Does anyone else have the crabs eating the glue that holds the frags on there discs?
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Old 04-30-2008, 04:41 PM
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I eat glue all the ti... oh... yes... crabs.... certainly......yes, they are the ones who are eating my glue.... *Hrmm*...... That is all.

lol, but no, have never had that... have seen crabs eat ALGAE off the glue, but never the glue itself.
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Old 04-30-2008, 05:13 PM
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Err....my idea was stolen....

I have some crabs that will pick at the glue, but not eat all of it.
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Old 05-01-2008, 01:08 AM
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My hermits pick at my frags when I use super glue gel.They only do for the first day or 2.It doesn't seem to bother them.My brother ate glue when he was little and he turned out o.k.lol
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Old 05-01-2008, 04:32 AM
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All this reminds me of Ralph LOL.
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Default Re: Crabs eating glue

I've had many different crabs eat the super glue off of freshly mounted frags. It can be annoying if the frag comes loose and gets lost, which has happened to me a couple times because of it, but I've never seen any crabs get harmed by eating the glue.
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I've had many different crabs eat the super glue off of freshly mounted frags. It can be annoying if the frag comes loose and gets lost, which has happened to me a couple times because of it, but I've never seen any crabs get harmed by eating the glue.
Yes...exactly. %$^#(&*^^%

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Old 05-01-2008, 03:31 PM
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You must. If you didn't, you would take them out of the tank as soon as you was them eating the glue (and snails). I think them too, even though they do eat snails, coralline, glue, etc...
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Glue eating Crabs, lol
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Old 08-19-2008, 07:32 PM
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Absolutely!

Glue eating crabs. Very Common
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