help ID mean looking crab

fresh · #1 10-17-2005, 06:35 PM

Please help me id this mean looking crab.

Also your input on how bad he is to keep in a reef tank?

thanks in advance.

MO

http://www.kodakgallery.com/BrowsePh...photo_count=7&

WWWD · #2 10-17-2005, 06:43 PM

red eye means die!

its a badone, sump it or nail it with a fondu fork.

christyf5 · #3 10-17-2005, 06:58 PM

definitely a sump dweller

Johnny Reefer · #4 10-17-2005, 11:16 PM

I'd say a Portunus sp..

They are born under a bad sign. They bin down since they began to crawl.

Cheers,

Manny · #5 10-18-2005, 01:58 AM

that thing is evil looking. there is no way that would be left in my tank.

Tarolisol · #6 10-18-2005, 04:50 AM

Its a gorrilla crab, im pretty sure that what there called it would be a toilet dweller in my house.

hockey nut · #7 10-18-2005, 07:30 AM

They are good for sumps. Not much else tho.

fresh · #8 10-18-2005, 03:52 PM

thank you all...

I thought that he looked too mean to be a nice neighbour to all my reef inhabitants.

Thanks again.
fresh.