Markarian421
Premium Member
In the interest of full disclosure, you may want to read <a href="http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=551942">this thread</a>.
Summary: we have a black mithrax that hitchhiked into our tank, and really helped to clean up a terrible outbreak of hair algae. So we owe the little critter. But it's bigger now, and has a taste for green chromis -- it ate five before we caught it. Our sump isn't big or safe enough for it. So we're looking for a good home.
If you have a coral only tank, or only big fish, maybe this is the crab for you. Or if you have a refugium. Or if you just really like cool looking crabs. If you are interested, email me at bclee at umich dot edu. (If you PM me on reef central, history has proven that half the time it takes me at least a month to notice. So email is better.)
Pictures (its body is somewhere between the size of a quarter and a half dollar):
Edit: I should add that we are in Fremont, about a block form the BART station.
Summary: we have a black mithrax that hitchhiked into our tank, and really helped to clean up a terrible outbreak of hair algae. So we owe the little critter. But it's bigger now, and has a taste for green chromis -- it ate five before we caught it. Our sump isn't big or safe enough for it. So we're looking for a good home.
If you have a coral only tank, or only big fish, maybe this is the crab for you. Or if you have a refugium. Or if you just really like cool looking crabs. If you are interested, email me at bclee at umich dot edu. (If you PM me on reef central, history has proven that half the time it takes me at least a month to notice. So email is better.)
Pictures (its body is somewhere between the size of a quarter and a half dollar):
Edit: I should add that we are in Fremont, about a block form the BART station.
