red crabs

[the budman]

my lfs has some red crabs they are calling fiddlers. the pinchers are both the same size. about nickel sized. kind of orange/red. i looked for pics and dont see any. any ideas what they may be?

 

[Gallan56]

Hay Budman check this link out.
http://www.divegallery.com/reef_crab.htm

 

[the budman]

that looks like it. is it safe? cool little crab.

 

[Futurecanadian]

I want one of these. It is gorgeous.

 

[the budman]

petco in mentor

 

[Futurecanadian]

Good to know. Thanks a ton Budman

 

[SaltyWaters]

Hey Budman does the crab look like this:

 

[Jim Morrison]

If the pinchers are blunt they are probably used to scrape algea off rocks. If they a pointed then the crab is probably predatory.

 

[Jim Morrison]

Check out this crab i fould living in some starpolyps

 

[the budman]

yes salty waters it does. what is it and is it safe
thanks

 

[Jim Morrison]

I dont trust any crabs. They always end up in the mantis tank. A lot of times there ok when they are babies but they probably grow into killers.