Crab ID Please - just pulled off a rock after a FW dip

reef6414 · Jan 27, 2017

Pulled this little guy off a piece for LR that just came out of a fresh water dip.

Good? Bad? Ugly?

Any input is appreciated. I have it sitting in a bucket with some tank water for now.

Coastie Reefer · Jan 27, 2017

Exile to the sump... looks to be baddie. Sharp claws.

reef6414 · Jan 27, 2017

Coastie Reefer said:
Exile to the sump... looks to be baddie. Sharp claws.

Thanks for the feedback

Coastie Reefer · Jan 27, 2017

Could definitely be a little stone crab, especially if you got the rock in TB area. Miss me some St. Pete...

Maritimer · Jan 27, 2017

Yeah, that's going to be one of those crabs that will get along fine with your fish and corals ... if you keep it in the sump.

Those are the heavy, powerful claws of a carnivore, and if it's a stone crab, a _large_ carnivore.

~Bruce