Crab ID

[d9sccr]

Okay..so this is the second crab I have found just like this. After finding it, I also found another one. I thought it may be an emerald, but it seems to have too big of claws. Also, most of the emeralds I have seen are green, not a reddish color.

 

[lola302]

how did u manage to catch that? i think i have 1 in my tank thats about 3 inches. i dont know what kind of crab it is though

 

[d9sccr]

I started by being very careful w/ my feeding, made sure that all the food was only going to the fish, none was being carried away by the current. Then, placed some shrimp in a glass near a LR edge in my tank. It was hungry and fell in. Since it was glass, it couldn't get a grip on the surface and got stuck.

 

[acrocrazy]

are the ends on the claws flat...if so its harmless i just cant remember the name right now

 

[Guygettnby]

hmm, interesting... i woulda said gorrila crab at first glance, but then i saw the claws and how the tips are flat and not pointed. i would say not reef safe but also not gonna kill fish and stuff.

too bad your so far away i woulda taken him off your hands for my invert tank. i finally got tired of feeding my hitch hiking crabs and such to my mantis so i finally made a tank for nothing but hitch hikers!

 

[lola302]

im not that lucky lol, my peppermints fish the food outta anything!so everything has to have a lid of sorts. i think mine is to smart for that. but i did notice that his claws are flat at the tips. does that mean hell leave the fish alone but not the coral?

 

[Guygettnby]

the flat claws would lead me to believe that he would act more like a mithrax crab. so i think your fish and live stock are safe. im not sure about the corals though. i wish i could tell you more on that one. the only thing i have in my hitchhiker tank is some small anemones and some mushrooms, they leave them alone though.