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11/28/2010, 05:51 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: North East Pennsylvannia
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Can anyone identify this crab?
Was a hitchhiker on a rock, started out small but getting bigger, now the size of a half dollar. Had a firesfish wake up with part of its tail missing. Friend or Foe?
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11/28/2010, 07:13 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: boulder co
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i would say foe. most crabs are voracious carnivores. they will eat anything they can get their claws on. some people keep them in their tanks, but they also feed them a lot. if you are gonna keep it i would say make sure you feed it plenty and hopefully it wont eat anything in your tank. i have had a bunch of these types of crabs hitchhike into my tank, but i have always removed them when i found them. i never flushed or killed them i just put them in my fuge/sump where they couldnt eat any fish or corals. i even took one to my lfs.
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