Finally Caught the crab!! need id

[paddyob]

Yea things have a right to live. Ok... well if it kills a $50 fish who is gonna cry? Not the crab. I lost a couple fish to a red eye crab then he got the axe.

[mike31154]

Looks like a mithrax to me, but can't be absolutely sure until I see the cups on the end of the pincers. I have at least two good sized mithrax in my 77 and they've been great scavengers... without bothering any of my other 'desireable' critters. I have no plans on catching them until I've seen some damage and there hasn't been any since I bought my system used. I assume they were hitchhikers as well. I've seen them scrape algae, coralline off the rocks and glass. Generally quite wary and are spooked fairly easily by anything approaching them.

[soapy]

Are the tips of its pincers cup shaped? If so it could be a black mithrax. Which I suspect are very similar to the the green ones. Some people have no problems with green mithrax crabs while others report that they go rogue when they get big.

[Marlin65]

Originally Posted by soapy

Are the tips of its pincers cup shaped? If so it could be a black mithrax. Which I suspect are very similar to the the green ones. Some people have no problems with green mithrax crabs while others report that they go rogue when they get big.

It does not look like that at all. Look at those huge compact claws and those harry legs not to mention those red eyes. its a killer for sure.......

[marvinsae]

lol thanks for all the input guys, i guess ill leave it in my sump...maybe i should feed it aswell, i dont even know what it eats. or maybe my LFS will take it

[Marlin65]

Originally Posted by marvinsae

lol thanks for all the input guys, i guess ill leave it in my sump...maybe i should feed it aswell, i dont even know what it eats. or maybe my LFS will take it

It will eat all meaty foods. Your LFS will not take it you can let it live in your sump most likely it will find enough to eat. That or flush it or feed it to something else. Trigger/Mantis

[Lance]

Catch it and kill it! The only good crab is a dead crab.

[Murminator]

Yeah I would "rock" him.....bwahahaha

[soapy]

Originally Posted by Marlin65

It does not look like that at all. Look at those huge compact claws and those harry legs not to mention those red eyes. its a killer for sure.......

You could be right. It is hard to tell from those pictures. I thought it kind of looked like this guy here:

http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/lofi...p/t152496.html

[marvinsae]

Originally Posted by soapy

You could be right. It is hard to tell from those pictures. I thought it kind of looked like this guy here:

http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/lofi...p/t152496.html

he DOES look quite similar...although less hairy and less bumpy. my crabs pretty small though, about 4-5 cm long