Gorilla crab?
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Labridaedicted
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Delicious with butter.
Labridaedicted
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I suppose I should provide a somewhat serious answer, as well, haha.
I don't have a species for you, but that type of claw shape is typical of herbivores. If you look at mithraxs, you'll see that flat paddle shaped tip. It's designed for plucking algae. Most predatory crabs like stones have pointy tips on their claws.
I'd still probably sump or fuge him though as all crabs can become opportunistic when hungry and I'd wager a guy that big is hungry often.
I don't have a species for you, but that type of claw shape is typical of herbivores. If you look at mithraxs, you'll see that flat paddle shaped tip. It's designed for plucking algae. Most predatory crabs like stones have pointy tips on their claws.
I'd still probably sump or fuge him though as all crabs can become opportunistic when hungry and I'd wager a guy that big is hungry often.
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RandyT5
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He liked to hide under one of the huge rocks and only came out once a week maybe. I waited for him to pop out and I chased him into the open with a long stick. And then grabbed him.
He did do a number on algea. I took him out cause he was a pain, always re arranging frags and rocks. I feed pretty heavy and he loves table shrimp.
Shroom
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I wonder if this is the same crab in a juvenile phaseThis guy is huge, been trying to catch him for weeks. What the heck is this thing?
Cthulukelele
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Yours is some form of xanthid crab. Real bad boys. The scavenging unkillable murder hobos of the ocean. It has cutty cutty claws for eating flesh and a hairy body. The one they posted was a particularly gigantic mithrax crab that has scrapy scrapy claws for eating algae and a smooth body (legs can still be hairy as they get REALLY old).I wonder if this is the same crab in a juvenile phase
