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Old 04-14-2010, 02:03 AM
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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.
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Old 04-14-2010, 02:08 AM
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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.......
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Old 04-14-2010, 02:10 AM
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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
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Old 04-14-2010, 02:22 AM
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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
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Old 04-14-2010, 02:35 AM
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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
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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
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