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Chin_Lee
03-13-2006, 06:25 AM
Good or Bad? Anybody know?http://www.canreef.com/photopost/uploads/231/688_8879.JPG


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G1GY
03-13-2006, 06:30 AM
Looks kind of like a little red eyed monster. Good for the sump more than likely.

Here's a pic of the ones I removed from my tank.

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/8526/crab12vk.jpg

I had around 30 of the little devils.
Funky_Fish14
03-13-2006, 06:31 AM
Horrible, lol. Quash it. Squish it good though, they are very well armored, I stomped one flat and it still tried to walk away once..

That would be what many call a rock/gorrila/red-eyed crab etc... They can develop into a nuisance.
fortheloveofcrabs
03-13-2006, 06:40 AM
Yup, he's a coral eater alright. I have 4 or 5 in my sump. They are fun to watch as they burrow in the sand bed and will eat anything they can find in the sand. All in all, I've found them to be a good thing (when kept FAR away from coral)! Toss him in your sump, if not try to find someone with a sump who is willing to take him because he is still a living thing and had to be pretty crafty to live the journey on your live rock... but he's your crab.

-Pauli
Funky_Fish14
03-13-2006, 07:11 AM
Haha right, he doesnt nessesarily have to be stomped, I would keep any I found if I had a tank set-up for them, but the one I had was eating the macro-algae in my sump, and I was in a rush to fix all the problems on my tank, lol.
AndyL
03-13-2006, 01:02 PM
Remember - we have people who are keeping mantis' who would love to get some cheap food :mrgreen:

Andy
OCDP
03-13-2006, 01:59 PM
That's one ugly crab :razz:
TheReefGeek
03-13-2006, 02:33 PM
Rock crabs can/will take down fish when larger, seen one reach out of a live rock hole with one giant claw, and snap down on a 3" fish that died instantly.
targa81
03-13-2006, 03:26 PM
Rule of thumb= Red Eye Must Die.
Psyire
03-13-2006, 05:11 PM
Bad Crab, my Peacock would love him... She's ate a few already.
untamed
03-13-2006, 11:57 PM
Yup...looks a lot like the one that lived with my mantis...for a short time.
1bigstud
03-16-2006, 04:28 AM
I've actually had one in my first tank ages ago, and yes they will take out ur fish!! If u can isolate it then do it if not try ur best to get them all out.
untamed
03-17-2006, 05:33 AM
If he's small enough...I caught mine with a 2oz glass jigger. I just set the jigger in the sand bed with the lip leaned up against a rock...threw in a small piece of chopped fish. The crab jumped into the glass within 5 minutes!

Once in the glass, they can't climb out.