Help I'd these crabs

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I found these travellers in my live rock are they reef safe?

First one
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Second one( couple shots cAuse it was hard to get good light)
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Not sure on the first but the second is a bad gorilla crab... When in doubt banish them to the sump or feed to a triggerfish haha...
 
I can't ID them off the top of my head, but there are three clues that generally always apply to "bad" crabs.

1) Hairy
2) Pointy Claws
3) Black Tipped Claws

Seems like the top one is all of those, and the second and third ones are atleast 2 for 3. So, I would either put them in the sump, or freeze them.
 
I looked up gorilla crab and the first picture looks more like it can't figure out what the second is
 
Don't risk it man they either eat fish or corals... Just get rid of them man.. I would personally... I would also be worried there is more if you saw those 2...:(
 
yup those will eat fish coral, snails and whaterve else they can get a hold of... putem in the sump or a predator tank.
 

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