ID this crab
- Thread starter meagheavz
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and on top of all of that u would be shocked to all hell to see wut comes out of these waters. things like cleaner shmp and even a angel fish.... the one from finding nemo...my brother sells the tropcial fish as he calls them to local pets stores.
Actually Meg, many here wouldn't be surprised at all. We have had many threads on the tropicals found in our local waters and there is a very informative article regarding this topic in the current issue of Reefs Magazine (this can be found on the top left side of the Home Page).
The point that folks are trying to make here is the crab you found in your rock is not from around here, so it should NOT have been released into local (think within 100's or a 1,000 miles) water.
The crab was not safe in your tank because of the damage it could have done to your fish &/or corals. The same hold true for releasing it around here and the damage it can do to our local fish.
If you didn't want it, the only option was not to smash it with a brick, as pointed out earlier, you had LFS's who would have taken it and MANY reefers on here who would have given it a home in their sumps where it could do no damage.
Hopefully this thread will be an eye-opener for other reefers who come across these oddball crabs in their rocks, and they will take advantage of the sensible solutions available to them.
- Location
- Dingmans ferry PA
there is no such thing as a non indigenous in marine animals.that is for lakes and land.the same fish here are found everywhere in the ocean.look it up its true.
What a can of worms this opened....for the record, I think its fine to release that little guy into the water....
You know what they say about opinions....They are like a**holes, everyone has one and they all stink
Meg...the threat is very real, sometimes these things haev serious bad effects
You know what they say about opinions....They are like a**holes, everyone has one and they all stink
Meg...the threat is very real, sometimes these things haev serious bad effects
lol wow. listen i gave it to my brother he is the fishermen. he knows that waters around that his thing, not any of ours. i hav him to stupid crab and he gave me a angel fish to sell to pet shop..he said it went into the sea im gonna guess wen he went fishing.. its over and done with move on
- Location
- Montclair, NJ
Could you post some links that back this up? I'm interested but couldn't find anything. I did find several articles discussing non-indigenous marine species though.
http://nas.er.usgs.gov/links/marinelinks.asp
Forget it it's pointless to even try sometimes. Meg you did something irresponsible by releasing a pest into local waters. I hope it didn't carry any diseases out to the local waters.
Or worse, these people thought it wasn't a big deal either http://www.usc.edu/org/seagrant/caulerpa/index.html
- Location
- Deer Park, NY
This is probably true, but I think it becomes the idea that once an animal becomes an aquarium animal, be it caught and sold to a pet shop and then to your aquarium or you catch it and put it in an aquarium, or whatever, it then theoretically becomes a non-indiginous marine species because you changed its habitat and possibly introduced it to diseases or other aquatic animals that are normally non-indiginous to the marine waters.
OMG THIS IS POINTLESS ITS OVER AND DONE WITH MOVE ON. i wassnt irresponsible crazyz i gave the damn crab to someone else. he is a fisherman and he did wut he wanted with the stupid thing. maybe he used it for bait. i asked he said its in teh ocean now. wutever that means. it could be in the 6000gal tank in the yard for all i know...so move on people
i guess the OP never heard of a fish called a Snakehead!!
some dude got 2-3 live Northern Snakeheads at a Chinatown market, took it to Maryland to make a soup for his sick sister (she got well b4 he could make the soup).. And he was stuck with the very much still alive fish..
out of having a kind heart he released them into a local pond (not knowing any better).. And 2-3 fish turned into 1000s over a few short years!! Taking over the pond and out-compeating the local fish.
the Snakehead is now public enemy #1 in Eastern waters where it is not illegal to own and transport them (let alone release)
some dude got 2-3 live Northern Snakeheads at a Chinatown market, took it to Maryland to make a soup for his sick sister (she got well b4 he could make the soup).. And he was stuck with the very much still alive fish..
out of having a kind heart he released them into a local pond (not knowing any better).. And 2-3 fish turned into 1000s over a few short years!! Taking over the pond and out-compeating the local fish.
the Snakehead is now public enemy #1 in Eastern waters where it is not illegal to own and transport them (let alone release)
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A friend of mine once gave away a bottle of run to some kids,(didn't think nothing of it) .Later that night one of the kids crashed into a tree.
That friend of mine has a court date in a month for giving them the bottle.:happysad:
i'm sure he will live and learn from his mistake, as will you.
That friend of mine has a court date in a month for giving them the bottle.:happysad:
i'm sure he will live and learn from his mistake, as will you.
- Location
- Upper East Side
The term "indigenous" can absolutely be applied to marine fish. It can be applied to any organism that comes from a particular region.
^^ dito
as i stated b4, put a Snakehead in American waters and see if it plays the same role as it does in it's native waters.
Because it's "indigenous" Asia, and Not the US!
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