Wow! what a crab!

[acemow]

I "inherited" an established, stocked 75 gal tank. No one told me THIS was in there! Now I know why my little turbo snails were disappearing. I got lucky, only had to remove 60ish lbs of rock before I found it hiding! Too big and carniverous for my tank

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[chimmike]

messed up your photo brackets there

man, those red eyes look sinister!

 

[tprize]

Here you go fixed pic CREEPY!!!

 

[acemow]

Thanks for fixing! don't know what happened. Anyone have any idea what kind of beast this is?

 

[jterrell]

Where have I seen those red eyes before?

 

[Tangalong]

tprize...thank you for "fixing" the picture...it's so nice when someone like you does that for us that have to settle for dial-up.

 

[jterrell]

THAT'S THE JUDGE FROM RODGER RABBIT!

 

[91yota]

that sucker is cool! i'd set up a nano for it just to watch it for a while personally

 

[luther1200]

Looks like he might be related to thid guy I pulled out a few weeks ago. He also wiped out all my snails, and cleaner shrimp.

 

[buzzer]

I pulled one out of my tank yesterday exactly the same.
I have had him for 5 years as i noticed him in the live rock when starting up.
Noticed him devouring a mexican turbo so that was it and in the sump he goes.

 

[Nanz]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14673534#post14673534 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jterrell
Where have I seen those red eyes before?

Dark Crystal, Garthim?

 

[airdog67]

you could probably hire that thing out as a bodyguard. lol

 

[jterrell]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14674086#post14674086 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Nanz
Dark Crystal, Garthim?

Perhaps, but for now I'm sticking with Judge Doom.

 

[Untamed12]

It is hard to tell because the photo is a bit blurry...but his claws look very flat-tipped (sort of like an Emerald crab's claws). If that is the case, it might be a relatively harmless crab.

 

[MarkusII]

Hello,

looks to me like:
Actaeodes tomentosus

regards

Markus

 

[redfishsc]

Man! Didn't I see that thing on Cloverfield?

 

[acemow]

Looked around internet and I think it's a form of Xanthid, red eye reef crab. It will eat anything meaty in the tank, some folks have lost healthy fish it seems. I'm keeping it for now in a nano, it's really fascinating!

 

[kumb knots]

Look at the black tip on the claws that is a stone crab go eating

 

[redfishsc]

Just keep a tight fitting lid on it. Crabs of that sort often decide to wander outside the tidepool to see what's next door.