Is this crab reef safe?
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thefishdoctor7
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I can't be 100% sure but due do the difference in the size of its front claws I would hazard a guess that it's a Fiddler Crab, most fiddler crab's are beneficial scavangers but can occasionaly attack sleeping fishes. As long as you keep him well fed he should be a great addition to your tank.
texasmetal
Active Member
IF it's a fiddler, it will need access to air. They're terrestrial, live on the beach. I don't think that's actually a fiddler though. Always best to lean toward caution. The pointy claws mean business.
donald
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Originally Posted by TexasMetal
http:///forum/post/2769609
IF it's a fiddler, it will need access to air. They're terrestrial, live on the beach. I don't think that's actually a fiddler though. Always best to lean toward caution. The pointy claws mean business.
also claw tips that are a different color from the arm is usualy not a good sign for a reef.
http:///forum/post/2769609
IF it's a fiddler, it will need access to air. They're terrestrial, live on the beach. I don't think that's actually a fiddler though. Always best to lean toward caution. The pointy claws mean business.
mr_x
Active Member
Originally Posted by donald
http:///forum/post/2771525
also claw tips that are a different color from the arm is usualy not a good sign for a reef.
but all of my acro crabs have different colored tips. i don't think that's 100% accurate.
http:///forum/post/2771525
but all of my acro crabs have different colored tips. i don't think that's 100% accurate.
beansandmia
Member
I have two of them, I placed an oder from Fraggle Reef and they came in on some of that stuff.
yosemite sam
Active Member
What did they come in on?
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vince-1961
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The only similarities between that crab and the millions that I see everyday in the marsh, whch we call fiddler crabs, are 1) it's a crab, and 2) the one large claw vs. one small claw, yet even in our fiddlers, only the male has the large claw. Female fiddlers have 2 small claws.
BTW, fiddlers make great bait for sheepshead fishing.
BTW, fiddlers make great bait for sheepshead fishing.
texasmetal
Active Member
Get another picture of the crab, with light on it... colors and markings can help.
beansandmia
Member
I cant recall what they were in but I believe it was a bigger piece of LR with zoas on it a branching rock.
I don't know if I can get another pic one is still in my tank and the other is in my sump, I am going to be taking that tank down this Sat and moving everything over into a new 125. I will see if I see either one of these little guys.
I don't know if I can get another pic one is still in my tank and the other is in my sump, I am going to be taking that tank down this Sat and moving everything over into a new 125. I will see if I see either one of these little guys.