Well I guess your right... you don't care, becuase if you did you might
realize that indeed thier natrual water conditions are probably a lot
cleaner then the water they are in inside of your tank.. I refuse to even
speculate on why your thinking you have created a natrual habitat..

Tim..


"Chip" wrote in message
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My fish hobby is only to admire their habitat behaviors.
I do not care of they grow bigger.



"T" wrote in message
k.net...
"Chip" wrote in message
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Hi,

I just add to my tank a 5 inch female fiddler crab(both claws same
size)

I started to combine red crabs and fiddler crabs in my tanganykan
cichlids
tank, but the pet shops always caution me that the crabs might eat my
fish.
Most pet shops only carry 1 inch red crabs or fiddler crabs. I did
research
on the web, and most crabs eat fish if they can catch, but if not
disturbed,
they will not pursue a fish target. Mostly eat particles glued to the
gravel.
Luckily I found a 5 inch one is a small fish shop. It is awesome,
seeing a
crab behavior without using a magnifier.

I still keep my tank running at very low maintenance, no water changes
needed.
Feed only once a month.

The same fish shop, also carry the biggest non salt water eel I have
ever seen.
the head size was about .5 inch diameter and was very long. Anyone
knows
about if eels are agressive? I plan to add to my tanganykan cichlid.

My tanganykan ciclids consists of 3 baby tetracephalos, 2 baby calvus,
1 adult very big 3 inches bright orange leleupi. The leleupi is even
more aggressive than the 5 inch crab.

cheers

You feed once a month?? without any wayer changes... essshh.. Nothing
like
swimming in a septic tank... I feel for your fish... Esshh.. I suppose
when
the Tang's get large enough ( providing they end up being the type that
can
eat snails ) they might have a feast on the smaller crabs.. Bon apetite'
Tang's.. In the famous words of Bruce the shark.. " Fish are
friends....."
Therefore we really should take care of them.. I suppose when I do my
water
changes it there can't be any connection what so ever in the growth of
the
fry... Aprox. 1/4 inch a week with two to three feedings daily.. Naw..no
connection what so ever.. (chuckles).. Water changes never affected the
growth of my indoor kept Koi.. They only grew four about fours times
thier
size in a meager 6 monthes... Naw.. there just is no connection...Same
goes
with any of my Oscars tripling in size in a mere three monthes.. Might
not
have had anything to do with thier clean water environment or the fact
they
might eat two or three times daily ( without using feeder fish as a
staple..) Naw... Go back an research on the web about how much water
changes might affect the growh of the fish in your tanks.. go to the
thekrib.com as they have some really great advice for novice tank
keepers
and research some more. Actually, I think you might be to stubborn to
read
the advice there, it might cause you to rethink your approach to keeping
your friends in a healther space.. C'est La Vie...

Tim...