You may want to try some commercial preparations for variety. My crabs seem
to like Formula one.
Hope this helps.
Richard
Shireen wrote:
>
>Hi... I have a small marine crab who is a picky eater.
>He was doing fine on krill and frozen silversides for
>the last 2 months. But for the past few days he hasn't
>been eating. Today, I placed a piece of silverside in
>front of him, turned away for a minute to wash my hands,
>and when I returned, the little brat had ejected the
>fish out of his "territory!" It was quite comical, like
>a kid throwing a temper tantrum.
>
>I don't think he's sick. He seems active and healthy-
>looking.
>
>I'll try clams next, I guess. But I was wonderin--what
>else could I feed Mr. Fuzzy?
>
>BTW, I have no idea what species he is. He's not in
>any of my field guides. He hitch-hiked into my life in
>some Florida Gulf maricultured live rock. (I had to
>remove him from my reef tank because he was killing the
>other inverts). Interesting looking fella--has these
>little hairs all over his carapace, hence the dumb name.
>And quite nasty too, 3 weeks ago, he reduced a sea
>urchin to a pile of spikes...
>
>thanks,
> Shireen
>
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