Decorator Crab
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Scientific Name: Camposcia retusa Price: Upon Request Origin: Indo-Pacific Family: Majidae NOT AVAILABLE NOW |
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Other Names: Spider Decorator Crab, Camposcia Decorator Crab |
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Technical Info
Temperature: 22 - 26 ℃
pH: 8.1 - 8.4
GH: 8 - 12
SG: 1.020 - 1.025
Max size: 10 cm
Min Tank size: 100 Ltr
Position in Aqua: Bottom swimmer
Description
The Decorator Crab is typically brown in appearance, most of the time it has "decorated" itself with a multitude of colors. It grabs bits of algae, sponges and soft corals and uses it to camouflage itself.
Food
The diet of the Spider Decorator Crab should include meaty foods such as chopped fish and clams.
Breeding
Captive breeding success is unreported and there are no external signs of sexual differences.
Compatible with
It is "reef compatible" from a certain point of view, it may and will irritate some corals and sponges, but it can also aid in coral propagation in very large systems.