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smartcore77 01-16-2017 03:47 PM

Please Help Identify Crab
 
New to Saltwater , Just Setting up my new tank. Could use a little help here
Noticed this little guy last night. Wondering if i need to pull him out and put him into my sump.
https://s25.postimg.org/85hte6kn3/IMG_0566.jpg
https://s25.postimg.org/dse6bnn5r/IMG_0565.jpg
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tang daddy 01-16-2017 06:07 PM

Is the crab a greenish colour? If it is it could possibly be a emerald, from the pics it looks similar as emeralds can get hairs on legs and body.

GoFish 01-16-2017 06:18 PM

I would sump it, or another alternative...
The claws don't look big enough to be an emerald

toytech 01-16-2017 10:43 PM

Spoon shaped claws indicate some type mithrax crab (emerald crabs are part of the family ) . I got a whole bunch of them from some liverock and they got to a decent size but where model citizens .

Tyfighter 01-16-2017 11:55 PM

I would sump it, better to be safe than sorry.. I learnt that the hard way with a hitchhiker crab and lost a royal gramma.

Northern Reefer 01-29-2017 05:56 PM

I think Female emeralds have smaller claws than males. Hard to ID without better pics. I had an unknown that came on liverock years ago and was a great freeby untill zoas began to diappear.

Myka 01-29-2017 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by toytech (Post 1006182)
Spoon shaped claws indicate some type mithrax crab (emerald crabs are part of the family ) . I got a whole bunch of them from some liverock and they got to a decent size but where model citizens .

Agreed.

In addition, only male Mithrax crabs get large claws. Females stay small.


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