leopard crab

[kittykitty]

There's a leopard crab at my work that I've been wanting to buy... has anyone had any experience with these things? Someone brought him in saying that he was eating their fish... but I don't know what kind of fish.

 

[xtremenemo]

its called a calico crab i think. i wanted one and he died 17 hours after i got him. i heard that they are easy to keep, i never got my water checked though.

 

[kittykitty]

I did a little research and found out that he is a type of shame face crab. He is all white with large purple circles on his shell. I still couldn't find very much information on him.
Apparently, he ate someone's wolf eel.

 

[xtremenemo]

the purple spots still make it sound like that calico crab.

 

[kittykitty]

ok i found some pictures.. they all look so much alike.
here's the shame face

 

[kittykitty]

the "leopard" crab.. picture that I found when doing a simple search on google.. don't know if it is the same as the calico

 

[kittykitty]

and the calico...
they all look alike, don't they?
guess I will have to take a closer look at him when I go back tomorrow.