Resolved Sand sifting crab from North Pacific Ocean

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  1. missionsix

    missionsix Super Moderator Staff Member

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    hipa strigillata...
     
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  3. Maksimsf

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  4. blackraven1425

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    I think I'm being pretty realistic here, despite having had a Four Loko for the first time haha. I can't imagine it being a problem, except in that super-unlikely scenario, especially since there's now pics of sand-sifting crabs that look exactly like this from another source.
     
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    Yeah, but isn't that kind of how "Alien" went down? You never know. :sneaky: You just never know.
     
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    they are good bait for snapper, sheeps head, tarpoon, snook fyi lol
     
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  7. rogersjw

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    Hahaha four loko... Watch yourself, energy drink plus alcohol is a wicked combo!

    OP, nice find! Let us know how it turns out. If he does a good job I may hop on down and 'harvest' me some at my beach! Haha
     
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    keep posted on how it does, i once harvested a barnicle from the beach years and years ago but it died in the warm water of my DT.
     
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  9. missionsix

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    This was the point I was trying to make...

    The "sandcrabs" you are seeing on the reefs2go are caught in Florida. The "sandcrabs" that you are collecting are from the the pacific ocean. Only problem I would see with keeping the collected ones. My amphipod tank didn't have a heater so, something you may want to consider if you plan on keeping a bunch of these.

    Blackraven, is this considered a "super unlikely scenario"?
     
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    Well, Sunday we went to get some NSW and decided to get some more. Withing like 2-3 mins we got 5 small one .5" and one 1,5-2". Today is tue and so far so good, I can see a big 1 moving under SB, and sometimes couple of small ones got out for a swim for a few min. My heater is always off, It stay 76-80 degrees all the time. The problem is I will not know if some will die under the sand. And yeah that 1 from FL have better chance to survive I believe, but mine are free.
     
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