Can you identify this crab???

[reef101love]

I recently added some new corals to my 160 gal cube reef and an uninvited crab has appeared in my tank. Can anyone identify this crab? Is he bad news or will he be helpful? He pretty to look at but he seems hunger to me.

Take a look and let me know.

Thanks!
reef101love

 

[Lightsluvr]

Photo?

Photo?

Did you post a photo, and I just missed it?

LL

 

[reef101love]

I am trying to post the photo. Sorry, I seem to have better luck with my tank than my computer... I keep going into photo gallery but cannot find an upload button???

 

[reef101love]

Ok! I have the photo of the crab uploaded. Anyone like to give a guess at who he is???

 

[flameangel88]

The pic in the gallery may be too small to see but looks like a Sally Lightfoot. Can you post a bigger picture on this thread?

btw--just in case you didn't sign up yet...you can sign up at www.photobucket.com and host the picture there and then cut and paste the 'direct link' from your photobuck page onto the thread here.

 

[Chibils]

Another alternative is imageshack.us, who doesn't require registration (and thusly you can't trick down an old picture).

 

[ssavader]

Agree w/flameangel- looks like a sally lightfoot, but might be an emerald crab. Can you upload that pic to photobucket (www.photobucket.com) and then cut and paste the URL into the "post reply" box (not the "submit reply" box for quick responses).

 

[flameangel88]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12223008#post12223008 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ssavader
Agree w/flameangel- looks like a sally lightfoot, but might be an emerald crab. Can you upload that pic to photobucket (www.photobucket.com) and then cut and paste the URL into the "post reply" box (not the "submit reply" box for quick responses).

Good point on the emerald crab but I just don't remember ever seeing one with the legs that long. May be it's been too long since I saw one.