ScallopKing
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Look what I just found!
Should I keep it? Thx.
Should I keep it? Thx.
Identify needed. Should I remove?
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ScallopKing
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It's white and furry with pointy black claws. ??
DRC69 - I've had the same rock but suprised it's alive since my BB switchover!
wsun083 - I'm pretty sure it's not an emerald, or at least nothing like I've seen before.
DRC69 - I've had the same rock but suprised it's alive since my BB switchover!
wsun083 - I'm pretty sure it's not an emerald, or at least nothing like I've seen before.
laverda
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The common name is teddy bear crab. I would definitely remove it if you have any small fish that sleep in or on the sand bed. It is a night time predator and fun to feed shrimp bits to. It is also a very cool crab and lives in a hole in your live rock. I don't know how, but the hole gets bigger as the crab grows. I had one I kept for quite a while. When I first saw it in my 29 G it was smaller then a dime and must have come in on some live rock. When I moved everything to a bigger tank I put it in a separate tank. I am pretty sure it killed two scooter blennies I had, but no way of knowing for sure. Put it in your sump or a separate tank with bigger fish.
ScallopKing
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laverda - I don't have any small fish but maybe he's the cause of the last 5 cleaner shrimp dissappearances? Do you think? Never found hide nor hair of them which is strange.
bromion - Good to know. Right about hiding all the time. I got this rock over 2 years ago now!
Just to be safe I might rid him of the tank anyway.
bromion - Good to know. Right about hiding all the time. I got this rock over 2 years ago now!
Just to be safe I might rid him of the tank anyway.
russ49merc
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get rid of him if a crab has pointed claws get him out of there. I can guarantee he is where your cleaner shrimps are going.
ScallopKing
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'Nuff said!
Anyone want a teddy bear crab? Free to a good home!
ScotchMaster
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Any crab with pointy claws especially if they are black are bad...
ScallopKing
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That's funny...lol! They can't get any more pointed or black. He must be a bad, bad crab.
ScotchMaster
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He might be eriphia sebana which would be really bad...
Or maybe a gorilla crab if hairy which is also really bad
Either way get him out
Or maybe a gorilla crab if hairy which is also really bad
Either way get him out
NicoleC
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He may NOT be bad... but he probably is. They are fun pets, just not reef or fish safe. You can catch him with a baited jar -- lean it up against his favorite rock before lights out with a piece of shrimp in the bottom. By morning you will have trapped all kinds of stuff, but if you keep watch I bet the guy is in the jar just a few minutes after dark!
ScallopKing
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Now if I see him again. He's a slow mover thankfully when I do. He's got like a fur coat on. Completely covered.
ScallopKing
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Great idea. I'm sure that scent of shrimp we'll lure him out real quick!
But what do I with him once I catch it. My sump he'll end up dead....., I don't have a refugium....and other than the obvious? Maybe a lfs will take it, then sell it probably!
ScallopKing
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7653845#post7653845 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by My F1sh R D34D!
Sean save him, hell make a nice meal for my mantis shrimp
That'd be a cool sight. Mantis vs. Gorilla! You got to video that.
ScallopKing
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Yeah, the shrimp are quick but I have no other reason why they disappeared and then this guy shows up.
russ49merc
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easy way that I got one of those out wach what rock he goes into and pull that rock out and run it under tap water till he comes out. I also used a long metal shishkabob to uuuuuummmmm nudge him out
