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02/24/2018, 01:56 PM | #1 |
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Is this crab safe
This crab was a hitch hiker on a live rock with mushroom coral is it safe for a tank with fish?
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02/24/2018, 02:03 PM | #2 |
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It's hard to tell from the picture but I would say probably not. From the picture, it looks hairy which usually means they're not reef safe. Look up pictures of small gorilla crabs on google and see if yours looks like that.
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02/24/2018, 02:18 PM | #3 |
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Ok thank you so much!!
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02/24/2018, 02:18 PM | #4 |
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If you have a sump, you can grow him out down there. Things that might be a problem can have useful lives cleaning the sump.
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02/24/2018, 02:22 PM | #5 |
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02/24/2018, 02:29 PM | #6 |
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Black tipped pinchers = get RID of it!
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02/24/2018, 02:54 PM | #7 |
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Here is a better picture of the crab. Sorry I'm new to all the hitch hikers.
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02/24/2018, 02:58 PM | #8 |
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Fuzzy crabs, or gorilla crabs, are not good citizens in a fish reef, but in the sump, he'd be ok, unless a fish got down there by accident.
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02/24/2018, 03:23 PM | #9 |
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Yeah, looks like a gorilla crab to me. There's only a handful of reef safe crabs. Emerald crabs, Strawberry Crabs, Arrow Crabs, Acro Crabs, etc. Even then, a "reef-safe" crab can develop a taste for corals and/or fish. They're opportunistic feeders. Honestly, the only crabs I have in my tank is Scarlet Reef Hermits and even then, I don't always trust them.
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02/24/2018, 03:35 PM | #10 |
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Ok thanks everyone! It's not going in my tank!
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02/24/2018, 03:57 PM | #11 |
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Trigger Food
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02/24/2018, 04:23 PM | #12 |
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In a tank there’s always a chance the good become bad
Example, red leg hermits are supposed to be safe....NOT....had only attack and kill a clownfish, all crabs are opportunistic and will attack the slow, not moving, sick or dead Since I removed every crab and hitchhiker, I have not lost a fish, coral or snail Always assume bad in crabs. |
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02/24/2018, 09:53 PM | #14 |
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Grump would like to be friends....
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02/25/2018, 04:02 AM | #15 |
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02/25/2018, 08:27 AM | #16 |
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Not possible lol.
By “friends”, I meant lunch.
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