Im almost positive they are xanthid (sp?) crabs. Not a very nice crab those are the monster crabs i keep getting, also the smaller hairy ones but i dont think they are that bad, but i still wont trust a crab in my tank if i dont have to.

any one with a crab coming up north I wouldnt mind getting one from some one. please PM me if you are heding up here and can give me one.

Brad

I should dig up Quinn's old posts from his crab adventures - I even got a couple months later that had eluded capture - turns out there are very few species of hitch-hiker crabs that are "nice" for our reef tanks.

The posts about how to euthanise them were quite entertaining as well... :eek:

Beverly up north likes to "brick" them. :eek:

I'm not exactly sure what they are and that's the reason I don't want them there. :smile:

I also have 3 purple and red hitchhiker crabs that have small bodies and HUGE claws! They also have those fans in front and filter feed, so they can stay for now. (That and the fact that they're lightning fast!) :biggrin:

Hey Bob,
I just went to that site and couldn't figure out how to send the pic's and ask the question. (Short attention span I guess.)

Are you registered at that forum? If so could you send the pic's and ask about it?

If you want some more pic's (Like the bottom of the shell), just let me know and I'll send them to you.

Thanks.

By the way, I've got one more of these little beggers to get and it's on my "to do list" for tonight.

This is an xanhid crab and it looks pretty close to yours

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...4crab1-med.jpg

That is one evil eyed bastich, but could you resize the picture a bit :question: , it is way too big. :cool:

Id love to resize is there a way to do it when posting it or do i have to do it by changeing the actul pic?

By changing the actual pic.