Found Another Bad Crab, Anybody Want It?

[Beverly]

Originally Posted by teevee

i'm turning into some kind of SPCA for unwanted crabs here.

Yes, and a very nice young man you are too, teevee

Thanks for taking the time to drive all the way up here last night to fetch our crab. It was great to meet you and put a face to your posts. Hope to see you again sometime soon

[Dez]

Sure thing....just let me know when....

Des

[Quinn]

cool, will do.

bev i was talking to a guy on RC about the one i grabbed yesterday, he says that if it has sharp claws it probably isn't a mithrax, and from what i could tell, this one had pretty sharp claws. stupid me, i didn't take a picture and as soon as i put him in the fuge, he went and hit under a piece of halimeda. later when i flicked the light back on for a sec before going to bed, he was going underneath a clam shell, making little dust storms i'm going to watch my algaes, small brittle stars and tube worms closely for damage, just so i know what he eats, and grab some seafood sometime in the very near future to see if he'll eat that. and i'm going to do some research on the web and see if i can ID him.

[Beverly]

Originally Posted by teevee

bev i was talking to a guy on RC about the one i grabbed yesterday, he says that if it has sharp claws it probably isn't a mithrax, and from what i could tell, this one had pretty sharp claws.

Here's a link that was sent to me when I found the first crab:

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...red+AND+eye%2A

I used their method of IDing our crab and concluded he was a baddy. The one you picked up last night looks very much like the first one we found, only it's about a quarter of the size.

HTH.

[russell]

Hi,
Wouldn't putting a predator in your refugium defeat the purpose of having one? I'd be a little worried about the safety of the critters your trying to create a safe haven for...
Duaine

[Quinn]

if i see that my caulerpa and pod population seem to be affected, i will move the crab into another chamber in the sump (there are three other partitions available in theory). however i expect he is more interested in eatings worms, and the fuge has a. a 7" dsb and b. a huge pile of rocks that i doubt he will ever fully infiltrate. and with 220 lbs and 4" of sand in my display tank, i think he'll be alright.