Good Crab or Bad Crab???

[Murminator]

I bought a rock today to cycle my tank I dipped it in a pail with high SG to chase out any bristle worms, nothin but a few shrimpy things and a cute little crab I quickly put him in better water. He is about 1/2 inch across tan with tan/brown striped legs, botton of his claw look redish and long antenna's.
Is he good to put in my tank or bad
How bout the little shrimpy pod like things?

The crab has 24hrs................

MUUUHAHAHAHAHA

[muck]

Why would you want to get rid of bristle worms..??

Can you post a pic of the crab. Pretty hard to ID them though.

[Murminator]

I tried but the pics are too big 400kb and 270kb won't let me d/l them kinda having a heart maybe I'll just dump him in

[Murminator]

I found a pic of him http://www.wetwebmedia.com/swcrabfaqs3.htm
predatory xanthis crab

any takers??

[Keen]

if that is indeed the kind of crab you have, you should probably get rid of it. unless you want to make a species only tank. as for the bristlworms, i agree with you on that aspect, i dont like those critters either, but some are good to have, once they get too big, they can become a nuisance.

[Quinn]

If I may I'd like to refer you to the recent discussion at http://www.canreef.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=12148. Remember than Xanthidae is an entire family of crabs. See an excellent discussion at http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-12/rs/. The photo you posted resembles my "Garfield" crab closely. Hopefully you or someone else has a sump where he can live as mine was quite fascinating to watch.

I'm not sure I'd be so quick to say bristleworms are a problem, even when large. Many reefers have had relatively large bristleworms with no reason to believe they were a nuisance. Again though, if they worry you, perhaps relegate them to a sump or refugium.

[rodsboys]

Sent you a PM,Would be happy to take him.

[Murminator]

Little guy gone to Tony