Picture of Crab - GOOD or BAD?
 

Good or Bad? Anybody know?http://www.canreef.com/photopost/upl...1/688_8879.JPG


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Looks kind of like a little red eyed monster. Good for the sump more than likely.

Here's a pic of the ones I removed from my tank.

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I had around 30 of the little devils.

Horrible, lol. Quash it. Squish it good though, they are very well armored, I stomped one flat and it still tried to walk away once..

That would be what many call a rock/gorrila/red-eyed crab etc... They can develop into a nuisance.

Yup, he's a coral eater alright. I have 4 or 5 in my sump. They are fun to watch as they burrow in the sand bed and will eat anything they can find in the sand. All in all, I've found them to be a good thing (when kept FAR away from coral)! Toss him in your sump, if not try to find someone with a sump who is willing to take him because he is still a living thing and had to be pretty crafty to live the journey on your live rock... but he's your crab.

-Pauli

Haha right, he doesnt nessesarily have to be stomped, I would keep any I found if I had a tank set-up for them, but the one I had was eating the macro-algae in my sump, and I was in a rush to fix all the problems on my tank, lol.

Remember - we have people who are keeping mantis' who would love to get some cheap food :mrgreen:

Andy

That's one ugly crab :razz:

Rock crabs can/will take down fish when larger, seen one reach out of a live rock hole with one giant claw, and snap down on a 3" fish that died instantly.

Rule of thumb= Red Eye Must Die.

Bad Crab, my Peacock would love him... She's ate a few already.

Yup...looks a lot like the one that lived with my mantis...for a short time.

I've actually had one in my first tank ages ago, and yes they will take out ur fish!! If u can isolate it then do it if not try ur best to get them all out.

If he's small enough...I caught mine with a 2oz glass jigger. I just set the jigger in the sand bed with the lip leaned up against a rock...threw in a small piece of chopped fish. The crab jumped into the glass within 5 minutes!

Once in the glass, they can't climb out.