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DocRose
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Same to you!!!!
Gorilla Crab?
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I pick it up the first week of October. I will contribute with my experience!
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kingoftheHiLLpeople
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I figured you meant either xanthid or mithrax.
I posted this in another thread on crab ID:
In general, it is not easy to ID a crab, other than the species that are commensal to coral, or very few specific crabs. Other than these, most of the crabs are not reef safe. There are herbivore crabs that are good reef cleaner and reef safe. I use this rule:
If a crab has pointy pinchers, it cannot live in my tank. If the pinchers are spoon tipped, they can stay.
Pictures below (not my pictures) are examples of my criteria:
Reef safe pinchers
Not reef safe pinchers
In general, it is not easy to ID a crab, other than the species that are commensal to coral, or very few specific crabs. Other than these, most of the crabs are not reef safe. There are herbivore crabs that are good reef cleaner and reef safe. I use this rule:
If a crab has pointy pinchers, it cannot live in my tank. If the pinchers are spoon tipped, they can stay.
Pictures below (not my pictures) are examples of my criteria:
Reef safe pinchers
Not reef safe pinchers
