Crab Molt, reef safe

[hsanchez]

found this molt in my tank today, never seen this sucker. reef safe?

 

[FishBeard]

pinchers look like paddles? id say its got the right look to be an emerald crab, but not sure.

 

[Smitty]

Nope...not reef safe. That my friend is a xanthide crab. Try to find it once the lights have been off.

 

[Tgunz127]

I don't trust any crabs if they get hungry enough any of them can eat hermits and snails

 

[Jep21]

I say not reef safe.. Pincers look black.. I thnk usually thats a bad sign..

 

[hsanchez]

Nope...not reef safe. That my friend is a xanthide crab. Try to find it once the lights have been off.

oh crap, sure does look like it, never even seen the freaking thing in my tank.

third row of the id pics
http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchcrabs.html

 

[Tgunz127]

Look after lights out with a flashlight ... The best way I've learned to catch them is to find their "home" ... All the ones I had always went back to the same spot ,.... I just removed the rock and cracked it open ... but I was lucky enough that the rocks they were in I could easily remove ... I still have one that stays in a rock at the bottom of the pile so I haven't gotten him yet ...good luck !!

 

[Smitty]

Yep...that's him. Good luck on removing him.

 

[hsanchez]

i had some green bay packer zoas hedged down to 2 polyps, and had a $30 frag from jorge disappear, never knew why.....gotta find this a-hole.

 

[Smitty]

Yeah. He is definitely suspect #1.

 

[hsanchez]

So i was missing a ric last night and got fed up with this @sshole, used a glass and threw some pellets in, turn off moon lights and went to bed, woke up with a cup full

 

[Smitty]

Hahaha...that's awesome.