another crab id please .... this is like 0.2 inches

[tinman]

ok here is another crab for id ...


dont know if its good or not so took it out into a small bowl.. waiting for some one to id it ..


its like less than quarter of an inch in size .. colors are nice though ...

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[Tethered_Limbs]

what did it come in on?

 

[tinman]

with a rock of polyps from a fellow reefer on here ....

 

[Herbie]

oh man. I have a tank just waiting for HH/pests and you get all the cool ones tinman. Just on claw shape, I say banish, but it's hard to say for sure when they are so cute.

 

[fredfish13]

very cool looking dude though.

 

[mr_z]

That thing looks awesome


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[Greg]

Closest find:
http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchcrabs.html
Scroll down to: Below: Various other species

Not reef safe. Banish/give away.
Only crabs I find safe are trapezia acro crabs (all Smooth, NOT hairy) and anemone crabs / porcelein crabs.

 

[tinman]

Yea i left it in a container all night and it's still super active

But yea it's claws are super sharp so I don't think it's reef safe but at the same time it came from a biiiig reef tank of one of the experienced members on here

So I don't know ...its very cute

 

[tinman]

From the list Greg provided it looks like Xanthid group so it has to go

 

[tinman]

wait a min... do these harm fish also or just reef ?? i have a 10 gallon waiting to be a hospital/quarantine... guess it can go there if its still alive by the time i get back home ..

 

[Cubbies]

They can harm fish and coral. If a crab has pointy and black claws it is usually a bad crab.

 

[Smitty]

+1 on the id, it is a xanthid crab...good job catching him. If you have a fuge, you could throw him in there.

 

[tinman]

They can harm fish and coral. If a crab has pointy and black claws it is usually a bad crab.

hmmmm then its Gonna dieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee