is this a gorilla crab?

[aquapod]

I got this out my tank. About to flush it down the toilet. Is it a gorilla crab?

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f186/thehomi/reef/crab.jpg

[Travis L. Stevens]

It's difficult to tell what type of crab it is. But by the shape of it's carapace, I can tell you that it's a Xanthid crab. The pincers don't look very pleasent though.

[aquapod]

so its not reef safe right? I am about to either toss it in the toilet or take it to a pet store. I need a quick decision. Anyone?

[maxdout]

looks like my emerald crab minus the emerald

[aquapod]

are emerlad crabs reef safe? I can tell you for sure this is not an emeral crab

[aquapod]

too late flushed the poor guy

[ShellBell]

:(

[thorsen]

flushing has got to be a poor death. I'd go with the put them in the freezer method. They say you just go to sleep when you get really cold. There's a little more dignity to a freezer than a toliet too.

[radone]

I just keep my unwanted friends in the sump and whomever lasts the longest well good for them :D

[REMF]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7660333#post7660333 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by thorsen
I'd go with the put them in the freezer method. They say you just go to sleep when you get really cold.

I disagree with the freezer method. Just think about it, a human also goes into a deep sleep when really cold its called hypothermia after freezing your @ss of for a hour or so.

Not that I think the toilet method is any better, which would be suffocation.

For a small critter like that I say a swift blow with a hammer, fast and sudden, and its all over.

But the best method is what radone stated, let the AFC of the sump begin LOL

[thor32766]

that was definetly not a crab you wanted in your tank

[crzy4reefs]

no it wasn't a crab you wanted in the tank, but in the sump he would have been fine if you had a sump. i got one of those crabs out of my tank when moving and he's now in the sump

[garyw68]

I am all for the toilet method. I call it the porcelain express. I am against the freeze method.

[clkwrk]

Sump is a better place or a LFS for those agressive FO tanks.