Living Art is my fave place to get inverts!!!

[mytulip9]

I got this pom-pom crab in January. He's still alive and doing well, just molted yesterday infact! By far my favorite. I feed him little bits of mysis.


And usually I wait until I've kept something alive for a month before I post pics but I'm really excited about this one. Just got him yesterday. A spider decorator crab!

during acclimation

and exploring the tank

I wonder what he'll look like after he molts. I suppose he'll probably try to take most of his decorations off the exoskeleton and put them on his new body (just like how the pom-pom crab picks up his anemones again after he molts).


Thanks to the guys over at Living Art for always carrying really interesting and unique livestock!

(I'm just waiting for a porcelain anemone crab to come in now and my collection is complete! Ha! Like that'll ever actually happen.)

[LIVINGART]

Great pictures!
It's always nice to get positive feedback. Glad to hear that you are enjoying your inverts.
We have or can get porcelain crabs regularly. I'll P.M. you when I find some.
Thanks for the post!
Paul
Living Art Aquarium
(608)827-6144

[mytulip9]

Great! No rush, but totally let me know if you get some in. I'd love to put one in my invert only nano tank. I know I have seen that particular crab in your tanks in the past but didn't purchase it because I hadn't done enough research on it yet at that point. The porcelain crab is the last one on my (currrent) wish list for the nano. ~Andrea

[LIVINGART]

Sounds good Andrea. I'll let you know when porcelains become available.
Thanks
Paul
Living Art Aquarium

[Slakker]

That decorator is COOL! Do let us know what he does when he molts, it'll be interesting to see if he recycles decorations or picks out new ones

[mytulip9]

He hasn't molted yet but I wanted to give this little update...

Water lettuce before crab:


Water lettuce after crab:


Crab!!!


Hehe!!! He shredded it and put it all over himself! I probably only have 20% left of what I started with but it's really okay with me because I had too much in the first place and it was taking up the entire back wall of the aquarium. And besides, it's still living fine while attached to him!

[mytulip9]

I hope he does molt soon though because right now he's missing one leg and the claw from his right side and he has a little difficulty taking food frrom me right now. Another crab ripped them off before I caught it and got him out of the tank.

[LIVINGART]

Those spider/decorator crabs sure are crazy creatures!