ID Please... Crab?

[marcelostank]

Um.....some hitchhiker I found in my LR... i tried to coax him out but i couldn't get the camera fast enough... it's definitely some sort of crab though... good or bad? :thinking: ? :notsure: ?
:help:
Now he's disappeared somewhere else in the tank and I can't find him.... ARGGHHH

 

[f-22(c)raptor]

if its a crab always assume its bad. its looks like a teddy bear, but maybe a gorilla crab........very very bad if its a gorilla

 

[marcelostank]

Originally Posted by F-22(c)raptor
if its a crab always assume its bad. its looks like a teddy bear, but maybe a gorilla crab........very very bad if its a gorilla

um OK...why?

 

[marcelostank]

...damage to your reef, eating anemones, clams, and anything else they can get their claws around
I just googled and this is what I found... but the picture doesn't look like what I have..

 

[marcelostank]

OK...definitely a teddy bear crab... should I try to get rid of him? reef safe?
Thanks.

 

[grzy]

It could possibly be a gorilla crab. Does it have black claws? If the pinchers look sharp, not blunt, then it is most likely dangerous. If the claws are blunt, then it most likely eats algae.

 

[catawaba]

:scared:
Catch 'em with a cocktail shrimp in a drinking glass that is propped up against the rockwork.
He'll climb in, but won't be able to get out.
Then you can put him in your sump~

 

[rabid frog]

get him out of your display and put him in a sump or refuge. They are still kind of neat to have around. My refuge is a crab parking lot. Im not even sure what I have in there anymore. ..