drock59 Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 Just wondering if someone could tell me if this guy is good or bad for the tank? He has been banished to the fuge but if he is ok ill put him back in the main tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmhuntley Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 looks like either an off colored Mithrax or a small "gorilla" crab, if its a mithrax, it could be ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 I say keep it in the fuge...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowman Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 I would definately get it away from your coral if you didn't buy it just my opinion, it looks like one of those rock crabs, if so it is hella bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drock59 Posted May 21, 2006 Author Share Posted May 21, 2006 What exactly does hella bad mean? What do these bad crabs do exactly? He is safely in the fuge but it kind of freaked me out when i saw it last night. I was just cruising for pods and he was firmly latched on to a Stylo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowman Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 they tend to strip polyps off the coral, so really bad so hella bad would be an adjective for very bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drock59 Posted May 21, 2006 Author Share Posted May 21, 2006 I just lost some polyps on that coral too. Im glad i caught it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 Since you caught it doing this at night is another bad sign in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowman Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 trigger food is the proper use for that crab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 Yah bad news. Here is what mine did, ripped out all the polyps and started eating the flesh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefgeek84 Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 trigger food is the proper use for that crablaugh laugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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