PDA

View Full Version : orange and white crab


MBuck
01/30/2006, 08:39 AM
I purchased some corals form a fellow reefer last Thursday, and got a small hithchiker crab. He is bright orange with white stripes. I couldn't get a good look at him when I got him, as he had buried himself in a piece of rock.
Upon inspecting the inhabitants of my tank yesterday, he was out in the open a little more, only about the size of a quarter, legs and all, but the tips of his claws are BLACK:confused: :eek:

Should I try to get it out and banish it to my sump with my spider crab?

All the fish I have are bigger then him, but I am sure he will grow...

I got a couple pics, but not sure if they are good enough to get an ID....

Thanks!

MBuck
01/30/2006, 08:44 AM
Here he is:




http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/86521orange_crab.JPG

kau_cinta_ku
01/30/2006, 09:27 AM
black pointy claws means put in fuge or sump

MBuck
01/30/2006, 10:52 AM
That's what I thought too, just don't know if I'll be able to catch the little booger... he stays in the LR, and I have corals on top of it, hate to have to move everything to get that one rock out....may have to though, don't want him eating anything he's not supposed to!

Thanks for the input!