Need a crab ID...

MikeP · #1 02-04-2007, 06:20 AM

This guy hitched a ride on some live rock. What is he and is he reef safe?

Thanks

Sorry for the crappy pic.

saltwatermaniac · #2 02-04-2007, 06:33 AM

It looks like a sponge crab or even a shame faced crab to me..
but i have been wrong before!

Justin

muck · #3 02-04-2007, 07:02 AM

Red Eyes = Evil

G1GY · #4 02-04-2007, 08:39 AM

Put it in the sump or give it to a mantis owner. Not someone I'd leave in a reef.

Diana · #5 02-04-2007, 03:47 PM

red eyes... must die!

i have crabs · #6 02-04-2007, 04:43 PM

definatly bad i have a few also

Beverly · #7 02-04-2007, 04:51 PM

We caught one of those crabs last year. Can post a short video of it, if you'd like. Definitely not a crab to have in the tank. Euthanized ours right after his close up.

MikeP · #8 02-04-2007, 09:06 PM

Thanks for the ID everyone. As soon as I can find him I'll take him out.

Skimmer Juice · #9 02-05-2007, 05:44 PM

come drop him off at my house and we can both enjoy my mantis eat him.

MikeP · #10 02-05-2007, 06:02 PM

Got him out last night. He wasn't looking to good, he came to me on some rock that had been in a rubbermaid with no heat. If he's still alive in the bucket I put him in then he's yours.