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Old 01-18-2010, 12:53 AM
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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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Old 01-18-2010, 01:11 AM
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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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Old 01-18-2010, 02:25 AM
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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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Old 01-18-2010, 03:15 AM
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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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Old 01-18-2010, 02:24 AM
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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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