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03/23/2004, 11:55 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
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Crabby Hitchhiker Evicted
I saw this guy peeking out of a hole in a rock. As the rock was easy to get to and not too large, I pulled it out and served him his papers. The eight hairly legs says "gorilla crab" to me. If he's really a nice guy, I'll put him back, but I thinks he's a nasty one.
Now if I could just get those two huge Mantis out... 
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03/23/2004, 03:20 PM
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 Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Pittsboro, NC
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he's a mithrax crab ( a red emerald crab )
mainly eats algae can disturb corals |
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03/24/2004, 01:07 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Miami, FL
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Yep, it's a mithrax but I wouldn't put it back if you've gotten it out. I have several and they're mostly well behaved algae eaters, but they can definitely annoy your corals occasionally.
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03/28/2004, 08:24 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Austell, GA
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generally the "hairy" issue goes like this, hiary main body (and hairy legs)= gorilla crab but hairy legs with non hairy main body=emerald.
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