Crabs that look like ?

Snaz · #1 02-21-2009, 04:14 PM

Any crab is an opportunistic feeder and should be regarded as suspect until proven otherwise. If it is a Mithrax and has the blunted claws as Jason describes then treat as you would any Emerald(Mithrax) crab.

That said I have two smaller red eyed, pointy black clawed crabs(Xanthid) that I'm sure does some damage but I leave in my tank as part of the CUC and I think they look neat.

Crabs are a personal thing.

High tide · #2 02-21-2009, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Snaz

Any crab is an opportunistic feeder and should be regarded as suspect until proven otherwise. If it is a Mithrax and has the blunted claws as Jason describes then treat as you would any Emerald(Mithrax) crab.

That said I have two smaller red eyed, pointy black clawed crabs(Xanthid) that I'm sure does some damage but I leave in my tank as part of the CUC and I think they look neat.

Crabs are a personal thing.

Just because it has blunted flat tips on it's claws doesn't mean it's a relatively peaceful herbivore/scavenger like an emerald. Many Mithrax get large and predatory, like the one in Jason's tank. Be cautious!!

Doug · #3 02-21-2009, 07:33 PM

Thanks Jason & Snaz. Those are good possibilities. Biggest problem was when I touched it, {should have poked it good}, back into the rock it went. Guess enough water is trapped in the rock for them to survive also.

Have not seen it since.

christyf5 · #4 02-22-2009, 03:22 AM

Fondue forks work really well

Doug · #5 02-22-2009, 02:08 PM

Well the "sob", has gone into hiding or croaked when I had it out of the water, {yea right}, or somehow managed to get to another rock.

Christy, I now wish I had had one handy when I poked him the first time.

So, stay tuned for the follow up story of the coral munching crab that an aquarist could have gotten rid of before going into a tank but never.