Pom Pom Crab sighting

[melev]

So for the past week or more, I've been watching for the tiny Pompom to appear. He's sooooo adorable.

He's also about as big across as a single suncoral polyp. These pictures were taken with very little light (100w ceiling lightbulb in the fishroom) because I didn't want him to scurry out of sight with something brighter.

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[TriggaFish99]

That's a cool little guy!

I'd never have to patience that you do to capture all these great pics.

Thanks.

 

[melev]

It's even worse when you keep looking for your little guys and can't find them for days at a time. When you finally see 'em, you grab a camera to document it. :nod:

 

[fejus]

coool

Poms are simply awesome!

I love it when the little ladies pom comes out of hiding!

 

[allhobbs]

I was thinking about adding one of these to my grand daughters tank. I have heard stories of peppermint shrimp steeling their pompoms. Do you think this is something to consider. She has a few peps in her tank. I also heard that they will die without their pompoms. Does anyone have a pompom crab living in a tank with peps?

 

[fejus]

I heard that Peps will kill the Pom b/c they eat the nems on the Pom

 

[melev]

@allhobbs wrote:

I don't know that answer to that one.

I don't think the crab will die with without their little symbiotic anemones. If they lose one, they'll tear the second one in half to have two again.

 

[melev]

She's back!

Last night before Evan left to go finish up on the latest Reefcast...

We took out the suncorals to get his Yasha Goby & Shrimp pair out finally. They are now in his system, and when it was time to feed my Tubastrea tonight, look who else was out.

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When I zoomed in on the Pompom crab, she decided that was much too close and personal. She quickly waved her pompoms (small anemones) to encourage my departure.

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What caught my eye during these pictures was that she is carrying babies again. So sweet.

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The Yasha Goby was out even after all the up heaving of the tank. I've not seen the tiny pistol shrimp yet, but hopefully it will appear soon.

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[Drew]

I've got one in my Prop tank, and he only came with 1 anemone. Somehow he also lost that anemone, and is now carrying around a tiny green ricordia, that he must of picked up off the sand. I've tried getting pics, but he never comes out into enough light.

 

[Darby]

Mine molted for the second time in 3 weeks this saturday. I was really concerned, as I know they don't normally molt that often, but I saw him lastnight at feeding time, waving his 'nems around. No blemishes or fades, so I guess he must have just had a growth spurt...

It's so cool that your's is carrying eggs! Do you think they're fertile? Hmmm.... I wonder if anyone has been able to captive breed any. (getting pom-poms for them would be really tough for when they get large enough...)