BOXER CRAB INFO!!!!!!!!!!!PLEASE!!!!!!!!AKA pom pom crab

[boxercrab]

Please some one give me info about boxer crabsaka pom pom crabs

[boxercrab]

imean about if they are reef safe what they eat and how hardy they are. i really need this info please!! :cry:

[Zack]

Hey
Found some info Boxing crab or Pom Pom Crab(Lybia tessellata) Small attractive reef-safe crab that carries a tiny anemone on each claw for protection. This crab is very small, only the size of your baby finger nail but has a nice pattern on its back. Best in small tanks with peaceful tankmates. "Number added to shopping cart (one.) Boxing or Pom Pom Crab's are small but interesting. Most of our shrimps are about one inch & our crabs & snails are about one inch or less. Because small crabs, shrimps, & snails, are such great algae eaters and tank cleaners it is highly recommended to keep a wide variety of small crabs, shrimps, & snails in your reef tank. Provide about one per gallon

[miztahphong2]

oh pom pom crab. ive never heard it be called boxer crab.

[jman785]

http://www.imagiverse.org/interviews/richardmurphy/boxercrab.jpg

[boxercrab]

it has 4 main names boxer crab, pom pom crab, granchio boxer,and boxing crab its scientific name is lybia tessellata. but it does have a subspeicies and a their is a nother species that has a redpattered carapace but i dont know its name. but it holds anemones too

[leaffish75]

liveaquaria has some info on them

[boxercrab]

i read it and they dont tell how hardy they are and not enough about what they eat. :doubt:

[boxercrab]

i just want an advanced aquarist point of view on them. :roll:

[jman785]

I think they are cool....

Do you have access to some?

[MikeS]

there is one at my LFS right now...pretty cool, but I didn't see the anemones with it...

Mike

[boxercrab]

if they dont have the anemones dont buy them because they use the anemones to eat and defend them selves from fish that pester them

[boxercrab]

i am going to own two from the site below.

[boxercrab]

if you want to buy some boxer crabs look at acmereef.com 8)