Is This Fella Reef Safe? I Found Him Last Night. Kinda Urgent. |
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 Jul 1 2007, 01:52 PM
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Fishaholic  Group: Members Posts: 408 Joined: 6-April 06 Member No.: 20405  |
  Thanks, Hope you guys can id him or her. |
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Jul 1 2007, 01:59 PM
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 Fishaholic Group: Members Posts: 431 Joined: 22-June 07 From: Daventry, UK Member No.: 33134 |
Not something I'd risk in my Reef
If you have a sump put him in there |
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Jul 1 2007, 02:05 PM
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Fishaholic Group: Members Posts: 408 Joined: 6-April 06 Member No.: 20405 |
do you know what kind it is?
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Jul 1 2007, 02:11 PM
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Fishaholic Group: Members Posts: 431 Joined: 22-June 07 From: Daventry, UK Member No.: 33134 |
Not sure what kind but a general rule is have a good look at the tips of the pincers if they come to sharp points generally considered a no-no, if they are spoon shaped an algae eater so OK
That one looks like the pincers are pretty sharp |
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Jul 1 2007, 02:13 PM
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Fishaholic Group: Members Posts: 408 Joined: 6-April 06 Member No.: 20405 |
i think it is some kind of mtihrax by looking at this web site http://home2.pacific.net.ph/~sweetyummy42/hitchcrabs.html.
2 nd pic on mithrax section. Do you agree? This post has been edited by SiameseFighter: Jul 1 2007, 02:13 PM |
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Jul 1 2007, 02:21 PM
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Fishaholic Group: Members Posts: 431 Joined: 22-June 07 From: Daventry, UK Member No.: 33134 |
It certainly looks similar but the pincers look more pointed to me
How big is it? |
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Jul 1 2007, 02:32 PM
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Fishaholic Group: Members Posts: 408 Joined: 6-April 06 Member No.: 20405 |
Probably about 1.5 cm across.
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Jul 1 2007, 02:53 PM
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 Fish Addict  Group: Members Posts: 847 Joined: 20-April 07 From: weston, UK Member No.: 31366 |
i first though gorilla crab, but then again im pretty awful at id'ing
 it looks a darker vewrsion than this kind of ...  image from: http://www.tbsaltwater.com/thepackage/watchout.html though the eys arent quite right... This post has been edited by shibby: Jul 1 2007, 02:54 PM |
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Jul 1 2007, 10:50 PM
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*cough* cinder block time.....
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Jul 1 2007, 11:25 PM
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 Leader of the Fishes Group: Members Posts: 1655 Joined: 26-July 06 From: London, England Member No.: 23245 |
QUOTE(Danno @ Jul 1 2007, 11:50 PM) [snapback]1675375[/snapback] *cough* cinder block time..... Awww poor thing, good job hes not yours  Not a clue what it is, ima mak up a name, hairy claw crab? Haha thats a bad guess sorry |
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Jul 2 2007, 07:48 AM
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 Leader of the Fishes Group: Members Posts: 1338 Joined: 14-September 05 From: Guilford, Surrey Member No.: 15859 |
could be a Tebby Bear Crab
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Jul 4 2007, 11:52 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 1603 Joined: 8-August 04 From: Upstate NY Member No.: 8650 |
QUOTE(Betta5 @ Jul 1 2007, 07:25 PM) [snapback]1675399[/snapback] QUOTE(Danno @ Jul 1 2007, 11:50 PM) [snapback]1675375[/snapback] *cough* cinder block time..... Awww poor thing, good job hes not yours Not a clue what it is, ima mak up a name, hairy claw crab? Haha thats a bad guess sorry Quite the opposite actually. Those can be extremely dangerious to your tank. Some of those crab can also be very venomous and can even endanger you! Better to rid it then to have a problem. |
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Jul 4 2007, 11:58 PM
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 Fish Crazy  Group: Members Posts: 168 Joined: 4-July 07 Member No.: 33448 |
QUOTE(SiameseFighter @ Jul 1 2007, 10:13 AM) [snapback]1674654[/snapback] i think it is some kind of mtihrax by looking at this web site http://home2.pacific.net.ph/~sweetyummy42/hitchcrabs.html. 2 nd pic on mithrax section. Do you agree? It looks exactly like it to me. |
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Jul 5 2007, 07:03 PM
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 Fish Addict Group: Members Posts: 965 Joined: 11-October 06 From: Shropshire Member No.: 25669 |
i think also as a general rule that hairy crabs arnt very trustworthy
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Jul 8 2007, 02:35 PM
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Fish Fanatic  Group: Members Posts: 49 Joined: 8-July 07 From: Herefordshire, England Member No.: 33555 |
I had three of these of varying sizes come in on my live rock. Couldn't decide whether it was teddybear or mithrax so closed my eyes and got my boyfriend to do the dirty work.
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