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Old 03-19-2007, 04:53 AM
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Hey guys, I just saw this guy trying to bury himself in my sand under one of my rock. Can anybody ID this thing? It looks like it'd eat a small fish and my tank's only a 10G soooo does anybody want him? Let me know if you guys got any idea what he is or if you have a nice home for him. Thanks



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Old 03-19-2007, 07:11 AM
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too bad ur in cowtown id take him for my mantis tank in a heart beat
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Old 03-19-2007, 05:36 PM
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damn i'm gonna be putting fish in next week so i'm going to have to find a home for him. he's a cool little bugger but i can't have him around
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I think its a Carpilius sp. Closest I could find was C. corallinus. I had a C. convexus in my tank last year, it must have hitchhiked on a rock and by the time I noticed it and got it out it was a good 3-3.5 inches across. Very creepy.
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I will take him off your hands. Just shoot me a pm I got a giant mantis shrimp, you can come watch him take care of the crab.
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I take it back, looks more like this one:

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I take it back, looks more like this one:

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yep that's him. can't find him anymore and i'm kind of hesitant to move my LR to find him haha.
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