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    Posted: March 18 2009 at 5:10pm
After many attempts at putting various corals on this rock and having them all "fall off" I pulled it out and found this guy in the hole where I was putting the corals.  There is some other kind of buddy (much smaller and a different kind) in there with him, but I can't get a pic of him.
The hole is 3/4"-1"
 
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it's hard to distinguish but it looks like the side of a crab.


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It IS a crab.  And a really crazy looking one too.
I tied a small piece of krill to a feeding stick and got him to follow it out just enough to see what he was before he stole the krill and ran back into his hole.  He is really fast.
He has HUGE purple claws with yellow spikes, slightly hairy, and white and purple legs.
I am going to try and get him to come out again and take his pic.
Anyone know what kind he is?
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I tried to get him to come out again, but he got a little protective of his krill.  LOL
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Great job on the picture! I would just leave him there.
 
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Sounds like it doesnt want to leave its home.
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