Good Crab or Bad Crab?
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Topic: Good Crab or Bad Crab?
Posted By: Will Spencer
Subject: Good Crab or Bad Crab?
Date Posted: June 16 2010 at 6:17pm
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Sorry for the crappy pic, but what do you think? Good Crab or bad Crab? His body is about the size of a silver dollar.  |
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Posted By: Shayne
Date Posted: June 16 2010 at 7:05pm
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Chaotic Neutral? Sorry, J/K. I couldn't resist. Yes, I'm a total dork. ------------- 21G Reefer Nano |
Posted By: SGH360
Date Posted: June 16 2010 at 7:06pm
| Honestly i dont see perhaps you can highlight it. i have bad eyesight |
Posted By: bugzme
Date Posted: June 16 2010 at 7:07pm
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I don't like big crabs at all! they can raise hello real fast ------------- Jeff 125 tank 50 gallon sump T-5 lighting Rum drinker, Carbon User I KNOW ROCKS THAT ARE YOUNGER THEN ME!! I AM A Realist! I write what I think!! |
Posted By: Shayne
Date Posted: June 16 2010 at 7:17pm
The crab is in the center-right side of the pic. He's facing to his right so we're looking at his left side. ------------- 21G Reefer Nano |
SGH360 wrote:Posted By: Will Spencer
Date Posted: June 16 2010 at 7:40pm
I know he looks like a rock until you see him move, which he can do very fast. |
Posted By: Adam Blundell
Date Posted: June 16 2010 at 8:09pm
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He is definitely good. No doubt about it.
Adam ps- but he may eat your corals ------------- Come to a meeting, they�re fun! |
Posted By: Connie
Date Posted: June 16 2010 at 8:11pm
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With claws the big I'd rip in out in seconds if you can. Put in him the sump. ------------- I have flying monkeys and I'm not afraid to use them. 180 gallon money pit that I love..... |
Posted By: SGH360
Date Posted: June 16 2010 at 9:01pm
| you can probably put a button polyp close to the crab to see if it actually eats it or something to see if that thing is reef safe |
Posted By: PDoug
Date Posted: June 16 2010 at 10:14pm
Speaking of bad crabs anybody had a rock crab lately? (at least I think that is what they are called )Sorry to steal the post ------------- (307)679-7898 Phillip Douglass 75 Gallon Reef Tank |
Posted By: Shayne
Date Posted: June 16 2010 at 11:11pm
Rock Lobster!!! ------------- 21G Reefer Nano |
Posted By: Pinner Reef
Date Posted: June 17 2010 at 4:27pm
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My rule on crabs is that if it has sharp claws it is bad. If they are dull or kinda flat they are ok... also if it parks itself on a coral and the coral retracts thats bad.
-pinner ------------- In SLC Near Downtown |
Posted By: Will Spencer
Date Posted: June 17 2010 at 6:13pm
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Ok, Adam was the closest. Technically this was a trick question. This crab is not good or bad. It is Awesome! In January 2009 we were doing the pre frag fest fragging at my place and came across this crab in one of the coral bags. Of course nobody wanted it since it is not a good neighbor on the reef. So I chucked it in my FOWLER tank. The next day I saw it's shells lying around and figured it died. To my surprise a month later it scurried out from under a rock when I fed my Lionfish. I see him come out each time I feed looking for a silverside to scavenge. He has also tripled in size in the last year and a half. He's pretty cool to have around. He came near the front the other day when I fed and I realized I have never gotten a pic of him so I took a couple with my phone. Not the greatest pics and he scurried away so fast I almost didn't get one in which he could be seen. |
Posted By: Chad
Date Posted: June 18 2010 at 2:01pm
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Almost looks like a calico crab! They are really cool and a lot of fun to keep. ------------- What?! You pooped in the refrigerator, and ate the entire wheel of cheese?! I'm not even mad.... That's actually amazing! |
Posted By: laynframe
Date Posted: August 23 2010 at 10:37am
i may be way off here but to me it looks like the head of a mantis shrimp. maybe im just blind ------------- The time we enjoy wasting isn't wasted time!!!! |
Posted By: Will Spencer
Date Posted: August 23 2010 at 11:12am
| It is definitely a crab. He comes out to say "hi", very briefly, whenever I feed the Lion Fish. He grabs a silver side and off he goes to eat his meal in peace. |
Posted By: sanddune600
Date Posted: August 29 2010 at 11:27pm
I heard theres an ointment for bad crabs  ------------- Andy Jorgensen My number is four three 5 7 six four 8 0 three four |