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10/30/2017, 08:52 PM | #1 |
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Crab - Hitchhiker - Safe?
I found this guy on my rock removed the rock fast from the aquarium and got him on my floor - see image attached
Is he safe for a reef aquarium? Currently he is in a glass... George Ps: he is brown and his legs are hairy = oh and it is a male one |
11/01/2017, 03:58 PM | #2 |
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No idea what it is but most are a bad idea. Would keep it separately until you know for sure.
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11/01/2017, 04:26 PM | #3 |
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Im not to much into inverts, so take my words with a grain of salt. However, I scroll the forums a lot, and remember seeing someone with the same looking crab. Consensus was that it was not a good reef inhabitant. I think it was quite dangerous actually - for the tank of course.
I would quarantine him for now until you can get a positive ID. |
11/02/2017, 12:19 AM | #4 |
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Wish I was near you, I’d take him lol
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11/03/2017, 01:57 PM | #5 |
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IMO, stick him in the sump or give him to someone with an interest in inverts. Better safe than sorry.
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11/03/2017, 05:37 PM | #6 |
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Thanks guys,
I do not have a sump therefore cant place him there - probably take him to the LFS George |
11/12/2017, 06:34 PM | #7 |
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He's shaped like a predator, so treat him as such to be safe
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11/13/2017, 05:59 PM | #8 |
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Looks a bit like a rock crab have you noticed any claw shed in your tank basically if its a rock crab get it out if it gets hungry enough it will eat anything it can catch i might be totally wrong but keep an open mind.
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