Crab ID - White(ish) with black tip claws

Coffeeinbed · 03/25/2016, 04:45 PM

Hi all

First let me apologise for a terrible photo, all I had was a phone- and a second to shoot it . I've got a hitch hiker and I don't know what it is....It's about an inch across, it's not small as "little" crabs go.

Thanks

Finland · 03/25/2016, 07:33 PM

Looks like a gorilla crab. if so, you may want to put it in the sump.

heathlindner25 · 03/25/2016, 08:04 PM

Black tips....no good.

Bent · 03/25/2016, 08:06 PM

I don't think it's a gorilla. Looks like a stone crab to me. Get it out, they are super aggressive. At least mine is. Mine is in my sump (50g Rubbermaid stock tank), he's about the size of a baseball now. I have to be careful working in my sump, it will go after me the first chance it gets, from the other side of the sump. It's fearless and constantly angry and wants to be left alone. Anytime I go to work on the sump I have to make sure I have one eye on it. I somewhat am afraid of how it is going to be when it gets even bigger.

He's a beaut though. Where do you think it came from? What part of the world?

Dkuhlmann · 03/25/2016, 10:38 PM

Stone crab, they have amazing tasting claws

Oh and the claws grow very quickly.

Coffeeinbed · 03/26/2016, 05:24 AM

Sounds like a troublemaker - out he goes then

Thanks for the input....

Bent · 03/26/2016, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coffeeinbed

Sounds like a troublemaker - out he goes then

Thanks for the input....

Don't kill him. Ship him to me I'll take him.

03/25/2016, 07:33 PM	#2
Finland Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 617	Looks like a gorilla crab. if so, you may want to put it in the sump. __________________ Andy Current Tank Info: 280 reef

03/25/2016, 08:06 PM	#4
Bent I got nothin' Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The anals Posts: 6,420	I don't think it's a gorilla. Looks like a stone crab to me. Get it out, they are super aggressive. At least mine is. Mine is in my sump (50g Rubbermaid stock tank), he's about the size of a baseball now. I have to be careful working in my sump, it will go after me the first chance it gets, from the other side of the sump. It's fearless and constantly angry and wants to be left alone. Anytime I go to work on the sump I have to make sure I have one eye on it. I somewhat am afraid of how it is going to be when it gets even bigger. He's a beaut though. Where do you think it came from? What part of the world? __________________ Quitters never lose. [QUOTE=CStrickland]Who gets mad at a starfish?[/QUOTE] Current Tank Info: 75g DT, 30G refugium, 10g chaeto tank, 50g stock tank basement sump

03/25/2016, 10:38 PM	#5
Dkuhlmann Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 8,823	Stone crab, they have amazing tasting claws Oh and the claws grow very quickly. __________________ Previous tanks: 200 gal fowlr 9" Emperor Angel and many different butterfly fish 4" maroon clown and several other fish, 50 gal sump, 40 gal mixed reef/fish mostly softies and LPS. Current Tank Info: 40b 750 gph 45 lbs lr, 2"-3" sand, 165w full spectrum dimable LED, 20 gal sump/refugium 30 lbs lr, Bak Pak 2 skimmer, 4" sock temp 79-80, sg 1.026, NH3 0, NO2 0, NO3 <10, ph 8.2, calc 400, mag 1300

03/25/2016, 08:04 PM	#3
heathlindner25 Moved On Join Date: May 2012 Location: flowery branch georgia Posts: 3,644	Black tips....no good.

03/26/2016, 05:24 AM	#6
Coffeeinbed Registered Member Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 182	Sounds like a troublemaker - out he goes then Thanks for the input....