one bad crab!!!!! beware!!

[customcolor]

i got this guy plus some smaller ones kinda like it from ebay a few months ago. they where to be emerald crabs. they looked like an emerald but i started missing my nasarus snails and started seeing piles of snail shells by where this guy called home...this guy is a meat eater and if you have a snail problem then keep him....it took me 3 months to get this guy out of my tank....i have even tried to stab him with a knife but his shell is so darn thick!!! how i got him out is that i chased him to a net that i had stuck into the sand along the back wall of my tank....im having a good day now !!!

:haha:

notice his nasty claws!!!

 

[seafansar]

Is that a stone crab?!

 

[customcolor]

he moves sand away from under a rock and lives under that rock and leaves the snail shells at his front door....i dont know what kinda crab it is...does anyone else know?

 

[tc269]

man looks like you could almost boil him and have supper.. looks mean

 

[droblack]

Pretty sure a stone crab. Pure Evil, but tasty! Had 2 in my tank, almost indestructible and had to remove most of my rock to get out. jerks!

 

[JR's Reef]

Dang that a BIG boy

 

[customcolor]

Dang that a BIG boy

at least 3" across

 

[Cuda]

Lucky he did not eat your corals . he looks like a pig.

 

[customcolor]

i think he did do some nipping on some duncan trunks when i first put him in! my duncans slimmed up and i lost 4 heads till i was able to stop it..

 

[Sikryd]

By the sounds of it - he is a pretty spendy crap, if you factor in all the stuff he ate! lol
Glad you caught him - crabs are a nightmare to catch...

 

[crabbejoe]

Look at those claws, yikes!

 

[Elan]

throw the smaller ones in the sump and fatten them up. Seriously. Those are goood eats.

 

[SVYNX]

If you are looking to get rid of him, I'd be happy to take him. I have a predetorial invert tank that he would do well in.

 

[livingcorals]

Huge!
Does look like a type of stone crab tho lol
Nice catch I would say ;)

 

[customcolor]

updated pic of him in my sump....he found his way to my fuge area so he had some good light on him!...ill give him 5 years befor id think about supper :D

 

[ca2or]

Crazy....interesting looking little bugger.

 

[elegant_reefer]

Emerald crabs are green and have "hairy" legs just for future reference :).

 

[customcolor]

yeah i know...i was just excited to get more crabs than what i ordered and over looked that main detail :(