Beauty or Beast Crab?

[Jhartledge]

Can anyone give me an ID on the attached crab? Should he stay or is he dangerous?

20 gal long tank and used aqua cultured LR from KP Aquatics so he’s from Florida.

Thanks in advance!

 

[dwest]

Can anyone give me an ID on the attached crab? Should he stay or is he dangerous?

20 gal long tank and used aqua cultured LR from KP Aquatics so he’s from Florida.

Thanks in advance!

I can’t ID him. I would personally donate him to your LFS. Too much risk with small fish IMO. There are likely more...

 

[Katrina71]

Beautiful, but I'd sump him.

 

[Saveafish]

Rule, if pointed claws, bad crab.

 

[JimSRT4]

Crabs are both beauty & beast! Maybe you want a crab tank!? Otherwise, it might be dangerous to small fish.

 

[joseserrano]

Looks non reef safe

 

[MTBake]

Sump him.

I have a tank of doom set up for just such encounters. It houses a mantis shrimp and Hank, my super large bristle worm

 

[Jholli90]

Can anyone give me an ID on the attached crab? Should he stay or is he dangerous?

20 gal long tank and used aqua cultured LR from KP Aquatics so he’s from Florida.

Thanks in advance!

This probably sounds crazy ( and not likely correct) but that looks like a baby king crab.