Help IDing a Crab

christyf5 · #1 03-19-2007, 05:31 PM

I take it back, looks more like this one:

Xanthias lamarcki

Nixon · #2 03-20-2007, 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by christyf5

I take it back, looks more like this one:

Xanthias lamarcki

yep that's him. can't find him anymore

and i'm kind of hesitant to move my LR to find him haha.

Pescador · #3 03-21-2007, 10:44 PM

Hey thanks for the ID, thats the same one I've seen in my tank after the lights are out. About 2" across. I think he's going to have to go.

crystalz · #4 06-01-2007, 06:34 AM

I found one just like that in a piece of new live rock. I pu it in my tank and found my short spined urchin had some of its 'quills' cut off the next day. I hunted that crab down and gave it away.

MikeP · #5 06-02-2007, 05:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Nixon

yep that's him. can't find him anymore

and i'm kind of hesitant to move my LR to find him haha.

Set a trap for him. If he's the only thing in there right now it should be pretty easy to get him. Try a clean glass jar propped up against the rock with some bait in it like an algae wafer. Leave it for a night or two and you should have him. I have used this method before and it works good, once he goes in there the glass is to slippery for him to crawl out.

fishytime · #6 06-02-2007, 01:32 PM

Hey chisty, what web site would you reccomend or do you use for crab IDs. I have a little guy(bout the size of a dime) in my tank and havnt been able to find a good site or the proper ID. Sorry to hijack

MikeP · #7 06-03-2007, 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by fishytime

Hey chisty, what web site would you reccomend or do you use for crab IDs. I have a little guy(bout the size of a dime) in my tank and havnt been able to find a good site or the proper ID. Sorry to hijack

This ones pretty good. I haven't had a lot of hitch hikers...It's kinda scary what could show up in your tank.

http://home2.pacific.net.ph/~sweetyu...tchhikers.html