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05-12-2008, 09:57 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Apr 2008
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 |  interesting hitchhiker, can i keep
so in kicking out the red eyed reef crab (xanthid) from my previous thread, I also found this cool guy, he looks safe but I thought I'd ask you guys, what you think, can i keep him?  | 
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05-12-2008, 11:56 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Edinburgh
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Interesting looking little guy.
Whilst inverts are all V cool, most crabs are killers of some sort. Now that you have him out of the tank I would keep him out. Crabs can be V hard to catch (I've been trying to trap a Sally for two weeks now). | |
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05-13-2008, 09:51 AM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Staten Island, NY Age: 29
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Looks like a baby Sally..
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05-13-2008, 09:54 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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If I knew which crab it was, I could tell you. Luna _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | |
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05-13-2008, 10:07 AM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Manchester UK Age: 24
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i thought it looked like a sally too - but i wasnt to sure so i didnt want to say anything _________ You will never know whats in my tank as i can only type 15 words  | 
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05-13-2008, 10:46 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 58
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Don't like crabs (except on dinner plate)
Can't trust them. Any of them.
Would not be in my tank long.  _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
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05-13-2008, 11:46 AM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: May 2008
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i used to work at a lfs and we had a scallop come in with a hitcher inside him, it ate the scallop inside out, it was a weird little white crab | |
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05-13-2008, 05:45 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Apr 2008
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that doesnt sound encouraging. ill keep him out. thanks guys. | |
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