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07/26/2012, 08:30 PM
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Crab ID
Lol... found this guy using snails as "elevators" to climb up the glass. Very clever.
Good or bad? He's in the sump for now. [IMG]http://i45.*******.com/x2kylx.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i45.*******.com/2h6ghtx.jpg[/IMG] 
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07/26/2012, 08:33 PM
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Looks like a species of xanthid crab which are pretty destructive. Toss it in the sump.
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07/26/2012, 08:45 PM
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Agreed. Xanathids are awful.
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07/26/2012, 09:02 PM
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Thanks god I caught him then. I also have what I believe are 2 brown mithrax crab that came with the live rock and one of them just molted this morning. Here's the shell I took out, can you please confirm the ID? Should I take them out too? They seem pretty harmless and I see them around all the time, mostly picking at the rock.
I believe they are mithrax because they have hairy legs and small claws as opposed to this new, larger crab I found today. [IMG]http://i49.*******.com/jshan8.jpg[/IMG] |
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07/27/2012, 03:59 AM
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Could be an Pachygrapsus sp.
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