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			 There's more hitchiker crabs than I'd care to admit, but I caught sight of this a few days ago and thought to myself "that's one mean looking crab".   He seems to reside in a piece of rock that my hammer coral is attached too and would require more work than I'd like to get out.  Anybody know what he is?  
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
	
		
		
	
	
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			 thought the overall appearance does not look great, those claw tips look a lot like an emerald.  so maybe at least partially an algae eater? 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
	
		
		
	
	
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			 if the work of catching him is your worry try the tilted jar against the rock with a shrimp in the bottom for bait, the glass is too slppery to get back out, caught a ton of hermits this way and my pom pom a few times.... even caught the hitch hiker once 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
	
		
		
	
	
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			 I don't think its an emerald, it's hairy and black with white stripe-like markings on it's legs.  Might try the glass trap. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
	
		
		
	
	
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			 It does look like an emerald crab sme people leave them in there tank and some do not. In geral crabs are a bad thing in a reef tank but some are ok I have a freind that has an emerald crab that is about 3-4 inches across and jst kind of hangs out in his spot does not move away from that one spot much at any time. at least emerald crabs eat algae. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
	
		
		
	
	
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