Crabs Are Evil Society - Page 14

BEELZEBOB · 09-05-2007, 11:44 AM

your crabs are not evil.

your snails are just weak.

vdituri · 09-05-2007, 12:31 PM

My snails are not weak, just under motivated.

JT101 · 09-06-2007, 03:18 PM

Well, I would like to join...now that my supposedly "cute little" hermit crabs tried to eat my nassarius snails

!!

I have a 12 week old AquaPod 24, and part of my CUC are a bunch of local nassarius snails I collected with my kids at Centre Island NY. Well, they have been happy as ever for weeks and weeks in my tank until the wife and I caved into pressure from the twins and bought some small hermits. Wouldn't you know that within the course of a few weeks they have proceeded to actually gang up on several snails, flip them over and attack them with claws flailing

!!?? Poor snails never stood a chance. We returned all the hermits to the store, we didn't even get credit for them but we didn't mind!

I love crabs, it's just too bad they try to make a meal out of everything in my tank!

burning2nd · 09-06-2007, 03:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vdituri

My snails are not weak, just under motivated.

with the hole godzilla jap stlye movie... the mouths not matching there words

(snail one saying to snail 2) lOok its a hermit crab
(snail two) hmmm maybe we should run
(snail one) naww were good.... just sit here maybe he wont see us

burning2nd · 09-06-2007, 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JT101

Well, I would like to join...now that my supposedly "cute little" hermit crabs tried to eat my nassarius snails

!!

I have a 12 week old AquaPod 24, and part of my CUC are a bunch of local nassarius snails I collected with my kids at Centre Island NY. Well, they have been happy as ever for weeks and weeks in my tank until the wife and I caved into pressure from the twins and bought some small hermits. Wouldn't you know that within the course of a few weeks they have proceeded to actually gang up on several snails, flip them over and attack them with claws flailing

!!?? Poor snails never stood a chance. We returned all the hermits to the store, we didn't even get credit for them but we didn't mind!

I love crabs, it's just too bad they try to make a meal out of everything in my tank!

i dont think snails from NY are reef style snails? where the snails alive that the hermits where eating?

vdituri · 09-06-2007, 06:09 PM

I gave you karma.

1. for the Godzilla reference and
2. for have a Dalek as an avatar.
Both classics.

burning2nd · 09-06-2007, 06:28 PM

Lol

Nice

JT101 · 09-07-2007, 10:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by burning2nd

i dont think snails from NY are reef style snails? where the snails alive that the hermits where eating?

Absolutely! The nassarius would be cruising along at "turbo" speed like they love to do, looking for detritus and algae, and then it would bump into a hermit which would then try to flip it over and pick away at its soft underbelly. A couple of times I saw this happen and the snail would actually try to escape by rapidly burrowing into the sandbed but sometimes it wasn't fast enough

and then other hermies would scoot along and
"join in on the fun".

These local nassarius are fine in the tank, they go everywhere (on the sandbed, the glass, even on the live rock).

Kazzy · 10-21-2007, 08:46 PM

My evil blue hermits steal food from my corals, annoy my leather, killed my brain coral, don't eat my algae, and managed to kill a snail population twice the size of theirs', even though I provided extra shells. Is that bad enough for a badge?

GeeWizzItsMe · 10-21-2007, 08:47 PM

oooh! BTW hermits don't eat algae, they eat uneaten food that is left behind as they are scavengers!

Kazzy · 10-21-2007, 08:56 PM

I thought they were omnivores.

prow · 10-21-2007, 09:11 PM

they are omnivores, they eat everything including algae. and they are not scavengers they are evil little snail trophy hunters.

GeeWizzItsMe · 10-21-2007, 09:14 PM

Oh wow! I didn't know that!

reefmaster42024 · 10-27-2007, 05:04 PM

I have a Sally Lightfoot that somehow made it's way from the display down into the sump. Only something evil would possess such magical powers.

Johnos · 11-15-2007, 06:07 PM

Hmm, I've got hermits. As for the Emerald Crab, that's evil... oh look at me, I'm eating algae... oh fish fish fish fish fish *Chomp* you didn't see nothing... I'm just eating bloody algae... it's tasty... like fish... mmmm algae...

09-05-2007, 12:31 PM	#197 (permalink)
vdituri Excellent Guesser :D Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sacramento California Posts: 5,722 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Crabs Are Evil Society My snails are not weak, just under motivated. __________________ Victor ----- People come into our lives for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

09-06-2007, 03:18 PM	#198 (permalink)
JT101 Neon dottyback Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Hicksville NY Posts: 605 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Crabs Are Evil Society Well, I would like to join...now that my supposedly "cute little" hermit crabs tried to eat my nassarius snails !! I have a 12 week old AquaPod 24, and part of my CUC are a bunch of local nassarius snails I collected with my kids at Centre Island NY. Well, they have been happy as ever for weeks and weeks in my tank until the wife and I caved into pressure from the twins and bought some small hermits. Wouldn't you know that within the course of a few weeks they have proceeded to actually gang up on several snails, flip them over and attack them with claws flailing !!?? Poor snails never stood a chance. We returned all the hermits to the store, we didn't even get credit for them but we didn't mind! I love crabs, it's just too bad they try to make a meal out of everything in my tank!

09-06-2007, 06:09 PM	#201 (permalink)
vdituri Excellent Guesser :D Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sacramento California Posts: 5,722 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Crabs Are Evil Society I gave you karma. 1. for the Godzilla reference and 2. for have a Dalek as an avatar. Both classics. __________________ Victor ----- People come into our lives for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

09-06-2007, 06:28 PM	#202 (permalink)
burning2nd Acropora Join Date: May 2006 Location: Pocono PA Posts: 1,951 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Crabs Are Evil Society Lol Nice __________________ ________________________________________________ 30g, 10g DIY sump w/ mag7 Csr90 over flow. 36" sunpod 2x150 2 Tunze 6020 40 Lb's Live Rock 20 lb's of Ls Aqua C REmora mIxed reef, softies, pora's, clams, 1 Amphiprion ocellaris (hosting GTA) 2 cromies and one dragon jake the jedi sexy shrimp, and brown bob

10-21-2007, 08:46 PM	#204 (permalink)
Kazzy Scopas Tang Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: KS Posts: 440 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Crabs Are Evil Society My evil blue hermits steal food from my corals, annoy my leather, killed my brain coral, don't eat my algae, and managed to kill a snail population twice the size of theirs', even though I provided extra shells. Is that bad enough for a badge? __________________ Grant New favorite quote: I would not, could not BUY YOUR LOAN. I would not, could not MAKE MONEY FAST. I would not, could not SEND NO CA$H. I would not, could not SEE YOUR SITE. I would not, could not EAT VEG-I-MITE. I do_not_like GREEN CARDS AND SPAM! Mandarin Policeman http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-bowfront.html

10-21-2007, 08:47 PM	#205 (permalink)
GeeWizzItsMe See Golden Compass Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Nashville Posts: 1,857 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Crabs Are Evil Society oooh! BTW hermits don't eat algae, they eat uneaten food that is left behind as they are scavengers! __________________ VP of Dork Club http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-new-tank.html

10-21-2007, 08:56 PM	#206 (permalink)
Kazzy Scopas Tang Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: KS Posts: 440 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Crabs Are Evil Society I thought they were omnivores. __________________ Grant New favorite quote: I would not, could not BUY YOUR LOAN. I would not, could not MAKE MONEY FAST. I would not, could not SEND NO CA$H. I would not, could not SEE YOUR SITE. I would not, could not EAT VEG-I-MITE. I do_not_like GREEN CARDS AND SPAM! Mandarin Policeman http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-bowfront.html

10-21-2007, 09:11 PM	#207 (permalink)
prow Manta Ray Join Date: May 2005 Location: Redondo Beach, CA Posts: 3,854 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Crabs Are Evil Society they are omnivores, they eat everything including algae. and they are not scavengers they are evil little snail trophy hunters. __________________ "He who sees things grow from their beginnings shall have the finest view of them" ........Aristotle........ "The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad." - Salvador Dali my chronicle........ http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...al-system.html

10-21-2007, 09:14 PM	#208 (permalink)
GeeWizzItsMe See Golden Compass Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Nashville Posts: 1,857 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Crabs Are Evil Society Oh wow! I didn't know that! __________________ VP of Dork Club http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-new-tank.html

10-27-2007, 05:04 PM	#209 (permalink)
reefmaster42024 Tunicate Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Morgantown, WV Posts: 19 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Crabs Are Evil Society I have a Sally Lightfoot that somehow made it's way from the display down into the sump. Only something evil would possess such magical powers.

11-15-2007, 06:07 PM	#210 (permalink)
Johnos Tunicate Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 20 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Crabs Are Evil Society Hmm, I've got hermits. As for the Emerald Crab, that's evil... oh look at me, I'm eating algae... oh fish fish fish fish fish Chomp you didn't see nothing... I'm just eating bloody algae... it's tasty... like fish... mmmm algae...

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