Feeling CRABBY! ID please

[MyNemesis]

Hope everyone is having a great holiday weekend. Look what I found last night while feeding the troops:
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He was in a SPS trying to eat, so I am trying to make sure he's not a good acro crab or if he's a bad crab. In the event he's a bad one, he will be joining the sump crew. Anyone familiar with these guys? Thanks

[MizTanks]

How'd ya catch em?


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[MyNemesis]

He was perched in a Seriatopora colony, so I plucked it out and dunked it upside down in a container filled with tank water till he dropped out. I shook it a bit and had to give him a nudge.

[Tom@HaslettMI]

Looks like one of the good guys... trapezia.

Saltwater Aquarium Inverts for Marine Reef Aquariums: Trapezia Pocillopora/Acropora Crab (http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=497+501+2914&pcatid=2914)

If you want to selling him please PM me... I'm interested!

Tom

[binford4000]

Looks like Mithrax crab. Same family as the Emerald. Here's a link for hitch hiker crabs for you to Decied.

Crab Hitch Hikers (http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchcrabs.html)

Not a fan of crabs in my display. I would toss em in the fuge. They have big punchers for a reason. All Mithrax crabs are omnivores so when they do their job with the algae it's on to the next course!

[Tom@HaslettMI]

Looks like Mithrax crab. Same family as the Emerald. Here's a link for hitch hiker crabs for you to Decied.

Crab Hitch Hikers (http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchcrabs.html)

Not a fan of crabs in my display. I would toss em in the fuge. They have big punchers for a reason. All Mithrax crabs are omnivores so when they do their job with the algae it's on to the next course!

Thanks for the link binford. I think it looks more like the Trapezia digitalalis... Coral Crabs - Specimen #1 (http://www.chucksaddiction.com/coral_crabs-1.html) . But it's hard to say from just a couple of pictures. I'm curious to hear what John thinks.

Tom

[MyNemesis]

I knew I had one acro crab in the tank, but this guy seemed much bigger. Guess I hadn't seen him in a while. I am good at the crabs that are easy, with the hairy arms, the dark pinchers, the "hulk" look, etc, but this one seemed like it had that bad potential. Thanks for the help! The little bugger is back in his coral just in time for the holiday!

[binford4000]

Thanks for the link binford. I think it looks more like the Trapezia digitalalis... Coral Crabs - Specimen #1 (http://www.chucksaddiction.com/coral_crabs-1.html) . But it's hard to say from just a couple of pictures. I'm curious to hear what John thinks.

Tom

It sure could be Tom! Either way I would be having Mrs Binford toss that lil beast into the abyss or fuge! Yikes that is some pinchers. Crabs creep me out ! Can't believe people eat em!!! Yuck ! Skins just a crawling,crabs are my kryptonite,Mrs Binford deals with those nasty things. Kinda funny really,I've bagged seven bears ,tons of coyote,bobcats and deer with a just bow and arrow, show me a crab,lobster or crayfish and I am out of there !!! LOL :oldman:

[Tom@HaslettMI]

It sure could be Tom! Either way I would be having Mrs Binford toss that lil beast into the abyss or fuge! Yikes that is some pinchers. Crabs creep me out ! Can't believe people eat em!!! Yuck ! Skins just a crawling,crabs are my kryptonite,Mrs Binford deals with those nasty things. Kinda funny really,I've bagged seven bears ,tons of coyote,bobcats and deer with a just bow and arrow, show me a crab,lobster or crayfish and I am out of there !!! LOL :oldman:

That's awesome... bear slayer that gets the creeps from crabs.

On a more serious note, as a rule I don't put crabs in my reef tanks either. Hermits, emeralds, arrows, no thank you. They either steal food when I'm feeding corals or worse. But rules are meant to be broken and I would break this one for a Trapezia crab or two. In fact, I've been thinking about getting one for quite some time.

Tom

[binford4000]

I know this is a little late but this is a link that I wanted to pass along last night but couldn't find it. This link is an microsoft word down load of evry creepy crawling crab of the world known to the US zooligacal society and is over 300 pages. Enjoy the freaky bas#%*ds. Ugh just not my cup of tea but very useful.

http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf

[fish in a box]

It sure could be Tom! Either way I would be having Mrs Binford toss that lil beast into the abyss or fuge! Yikes that is some pinchers. Crabs creep me out ! Can't believe people eat em!!! Yuck ! Skins just a crawling,crabs are my kryptonite,Mrs Binford deals with those nasty things. Kinda funny really,I've bagged seven bears ,tons of coyote,bobcats and deer with a just bow and arrow, show me a crab,lobster or crayfish and I am out of there !!! LOL :oldman:

Too funny! ^^^ :)

[Jim Z.]

Yes--this is a Trapezia,and are beneficial to certain genera of SPS corals..........................Jim