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Old 07-06-2007, 10:23 PM
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He rules! They are so much fun to watch.

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Old 07-06-2007, 11:49 PM
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Looks like you'd want to keep your fingers out of his way and feed him often!
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Old 07-06-2007, 11:59 PM
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how big is he he looks like hes 2 in or 3 in
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Old 07-07-2007, 12:06 AM
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Great pictures! Do you have anything else in the tank with him? Is the crab aggressive?
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Old 07-07-2007, 09:05 AM
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a very cool looking crab
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Old 07-10-2007, 06:53 PM
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Nice pic! What type of camera do you use?
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Old 07-11-2007, 09:03 PM
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What kind of substrate are you using? It looks like salt.
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Old 07-13-2007, 09:18 PM
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you need to name him Dr Claw!

nice crab BTW!!!
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Old 07-13-2007, 09:23 PM
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Default Re: My new big brutal crab!

I haveo ne like that but it is only about 1". he was the first crab i ever got! I got him when he was a little itty bitty guy now he kills snails all the time!
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Old 07-13-2007, 10:46 PM
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I think i would have to name him hellboy! ouch at the pincher!
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Old 07-14-2007, 08:56 AM
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Default Re: My new big brutal crab!

I use a Nikon coolpix 4300, its an older camera, 4 megapixil. It works great though. The substrate i use is Kolorscape play sand from walmart, cant beat the price 3 bucks for a 50 lb bag. I have a bunch of critters in my tank:

Purple Tang
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Old 07-26-2007, 10:43 PM
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how old is your set up and how deep is your play sand?
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3$ for a 50lbs bag?!?!?!???? ill be picking some up at walmart tomorrow~
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Old 08-07-2007, 04:48 AM
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Have fun with him ...
but be careful if you buy some delicate corals, or some LPS that need target fed.

I had to remove my big boys to a FOWLR tank because they picked on the LPS corals, stealing the food out of their delicate polyps.
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