Horseshoe crab???

[Srt4eric]

So I'm at pet club getting cat food and dog treat and they have a horse shoe crab. Are they reef safe? It's kinda neat.

 

[Srt4eric]

It doesnt matter... everything in that tank has ich

 

[JVU]

They grow really big and clumsily knock stuff around. Need a lot of sand in a huge tank to get enough to eat. Not recommended.

I have really wanted to get one. I used to work with a blood product from them used to detect bacterial contamination. Plus they have blue blood based on copper, are related to arachnids with shells, and are a lot older than the dinosaurs in the fossil record.

But no, not recommended

 

[Coral reefer]

How big?

 

[Srt4eric]

How big?

This guy was about an inch and a half wide

 

[Meshmez]

They grow really big and clumsily knock stuff around. Need a lot of sand in a huge tank to get enough to eat. Not recommended.

I have really wanted to get one. I used to work with a blood product from them used to detect bacterial contamination. Plus they have blue blood based on copper, are related to arachnids with shells, and are a lot older than the dinosaurs in the fossil record.

But no, not recommended

LAL testing! I have always thought it was interesting they use their blood for that...

 

[JVU]

How big?

2 feet long

 

[Bruce Spiegelman]

I've watched a few specials on the blood harvesting, etc. They are fascinating.

 

[Wlachnit]

They grow really big and clumsily knock stuff around. Need a lot of sand in a huge tank to get enough to eat. Not recommended.

I have really wanted to get one. I used to work with a blood product from them used to detect bacterial contamination. Plus they have blue blood based on copper, are related to arachnids with shells, and are a lot older than the dinosaurs in the fossil record.

But no, not recommended

For me it is hard to believe that this test is still an FDA requirement for pharmaceuticals to this day.