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05-30-2005, 12:51 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Texas, TX,Texas
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 |  Crab Identification ?
Need help identifying a hitch-hicker. Take a look and If anyone has any ideas lets me know. I've got him in quarrantine now but he was in my tank for a least three weeks before he came out in the daylight. He doesn't seem to browse much just waits for me to drop food near him. He's about the size of a silver dollar.
Trey
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05-30-2005, 01:26 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
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| Re: Crab Identification ?
hard to tell does it have long legs that stay close to the ground? if so it looks like a sally lightfoot, maybe a emerald? or um...well lol  _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
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100+ lb. Fiji Live Rock
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05-30-2005, 02:09 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Texas, TX,Texas
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| Re: Crab Identification ?
It looks exactly like an emerald but is totally different LOL. It is Dark brown to almost black in color. If it was green I would say its a large emerald, but it's not.
It's a question wrap in an enigma encirled by a riddle? It's a cool looking crab though.
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05-30-2005, 06:01 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Overland Park, Kansas
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| Re: Crab Identification ?
Mithrax crabs come in more flavors than just Emerald (Mithrax sculptus). Perhaps this is a relative. _________ -Mickey 175g Bowfront - 75g Refugium - 100g Sump - 3 Phoenix 14k 250W MH - AquaC EV240 Skimmer - 240lbs Haitian Live Rock - 4" DSB - Red Velvet Fairy Wrasse - Azure Damsel - Banggia Cardinal - Firefish Goby - Blackcap Basslet - Purple Tang - Powder Brown Tang - Regal Tang - Green Manderin - 2 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp - 2 Peppermint Shrimp - 2 Emerald Crabs - Rose BTA - Orange Linkia - Tuxedo Urchin - Spiney Urchin (hitchhiker) | |
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05-30-2005, 06:25 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
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| Re: Crab Identification ?
yum...like maybe ita blackberry crab? lol...like black berry icecream | |
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05-30-2005, 09:45 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Texas, TX,Texas
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| Re: Crab Identification ?
I'm gonna Google that one.... hhmmmm... Blackberry Crab IceCream..... Sounds good | |
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05-30-2005, 09:48 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
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05-30-2005, 09:52 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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05-30-2005, 09:53 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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05-31-2005, 12:25 PM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: May 2004 Location: San Diego, CA,California Age: 53
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| Re: Crab Identification ?
I can't tell by the pic but if the claws are black it is a Xanthid Crab (coral crab). They can cause some problems with eating corals...it also might be a rock crab. I have had both come in as hitchhikers and I keep them in the refugium along with a very large Blue Neon Hermit that is the proverbial bull in the china closet...knocking things over. The other two crabs pretty much just scavenge but I have noticed since taking them out of the display tank that I am not getting chunks takenn out of my mushrooms!!
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