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kendog261
10/09/2006, 09:00 PM
Can someone ID this crab and tell me if its reef safe

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/565/118570fish_tank7_037.jpg

sjfishguy
10/09/2006, 09:27 PM
looks like the same genus as a calico crab, I wouldnt trust it

Paintbug
10/10/2006, 07:25 AM
its some kind of Xanthid crab, possibly a Macromedaeus nudipes Xanthids are known to be coral munchers. ban it to the sump.

sir_dudeguy
10/10/2006, 07:32 AM
well since you cant really call ANY crabs completely reef safe (they're all oportunistic..meaning if they find a chance to kill something for food, they might just take that chance :) )
then i'd have to say that he would eventually not be so great...possibly..That and the fact that i think its the same thing that paintbug thinks it is ;)