Found 3 of these in my display tank and am not sure if they are reef safe or not. Also can you please help me ID as well. Can't seem to find a picture closest to it in the net. Can i kust place them in the sump?
Thanks a lot!
Is this reef safe? Please help ID
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govolsguy31
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You got a unique one there it looks like. I can't find it either. I'm gonna guess their juveniles of some sort... following along for one of the experts! #reefsquad
twilliard
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Oh man that is an awesome specimen! Most all crabs like that are not reef safeFound 3 of these in my display tank and am not sure if they are reef safe or not. Also can you please help me ID as well. Can't seem to find a picture closest to it in the net. Can i kust place them in the sump?
Thanks a lot!
thanks @Sistawolf ! Here is a bigger picture and now got 2 of them out of the tank. And based on the illustration you gave me i'm inclined to think they are not reef safeI can't find anything but that is a neat looking crabmaybe this will help
melypr1985
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Oh I bet @Lionfish Lair can ID that! He's pretty gnarly looking for sure
Hi @twilliard ....no new rocks added to the tank. Saw these critter bugs a few weeks ago and they were really small but now they've grown a lot.
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That's funny. According to Sistawolf's chart you have a reef safe non reef safe meat eating non swimmer!
Hi @govolsguy31 .... Been searching the net and can't really find one that matches their appearance. Could be a dinner crab hahahaha....thanks for replying.
govolsguy31
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Yea, of course! I'm interested in what you find out. They look awesome! Probably means they'll destroy your tank.
Those are swimmer-crabs ... at the public Aquarium, they won't let crabs in that family into the touch-tank. Far too aggressive . . . Keeps the insurance adjuster awake nights.
I'm not familiar with your species, but it's related to calico crabs and blue crabs of the Middle-Atlantic states. Carnivorous. Fast. Aggressive. Cool - but I'm thinkin' decidedly cooler in your sump.
~Bruce
I'm not familiar with your species, but it's related to calico crabs and blue crabs of the Middle-Atlantic states. Carnivorous. Fast. Aggressive. Cool - but I'm thinkin' decidedly cooler in your sump.
~Bruce
govolsguy31
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Haha! That's the one thing @James Jordan said it WASN'T according to that chart. 
Funny stuff.
Funny stuff.
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@govolsguy31 - don't blame me! I just read the chart!
Thanks Bruce (@Maritimer ).... be better safe with them, to the sump they will go!
Salty1962
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I agree on the swimmers, they look allot like the Blue Crabs we used to catch on the Gulf Coast. Let them grow up some and their good boiled with butter! Don't put your fingers by them as they get bigger, seen many a finger messed up by them.
Don't put your fingers by them as they get bigger, seen many a finger messed up by them.
Got them into the sump now and maybe willhave my buttered crabs in a few months!I agree on the swimmers, they look allot like the Blue Crabs we used to catch on the Gulf Coast. Let them grow up some and their good boiled with butter!
Thanks for the reply.
Sistawolf
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Hey google is never wrong! lol I did see the blue crab that it looks like but not exact.. these have two different color front claws and almost clear back legs.. and that my friends is what I googled and ran across the chart lol.. just trying to help
