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July 7th, 2007, 12:26 AM
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Where did his pinchers go?
I have an anemone crab that lives in my candy cane coral. He never comes out of the candy cane (he thinks its an anemone) since the day I drooped him in. I have never seen him getting picked on either. About a week after I bought him a pincher mysteriously disappeared. I though maybe I bought him without one and just never noticed it. I could swear he had two when I purchased him. He has started to grow that one back now. Today I was poking around in my tank and came across a pincher. Little guy lost his other pincher this time. I'm not crazy hes loosing these things. Now he has only a little baby pincher. Ive never seen him molt before but hes lost two pincher's. Has anyone seen or heard of this before?
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#2
July 7th, 2007, 12:34 AM
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Re: Where did his pinchers go?
i have never heard of that unless it is just something they go through? atleast he can hide in the coral so no one picks on him with only a lit pincher.
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July 7th, 2007, 12:50 AM
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Re: Where did his pinchers go?
Someone was probably beating him up (another crab maybe?). They'll grow back in time, but he may starve in the meantime if he's having a hard time foraging without his claws.
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July 7th, 2007, 01:10 AM
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Re: Where did his pinchers go?
Hes a filter feeder, not a scavenger so I'm not to worried about him starving. As a matter of fact hes eating right now. I don't think anybody even knows hes there. Not even that bastard of a shrimp I own.
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July 7th, 2007, 05:13 AM
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Re: Where did his pinchers go?
Shrimp? He could be picking on him, at night.
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July 7th, 2007, 04:10 PM
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Re: Where did his pinchers go?
I finaly got a good look at him this morning. His pincher was removed right at the socket that connects to the body. As was the other one.
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July 7th, 2007, 07:26 PM
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Re: Where did his pinchers go?
so its time for bionic implants, i robot style
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July 8th, 2007, 12:45 AM
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Re: Where did his pinchers go?
LOL....I was gunna use some BBQ tongs. Those bionic implants are a little out of my price range.
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July 13th, 2007, 11:27 PM
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Re: Where did his pinchers go?
Well here is an update....... One morning I woke up and my crab was missing from his coral....... I havent seen him in 4 days..... no body has been found either
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July 18th, 2007, 07:27 AM
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Re: Where did his pinchers go?
we saw him venture out of the coral when i was at your house. i personally put all blame on that bastard shrimp of yours. and those shrimp cost as much as a lot of cool fish would too!
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