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SuperXdude
Tue, 21st Sep 2004, 02:26 PM
Think it's a Gorilla of some sort. Large pincher, hairy legs and hiding!

I'll get a better pic if I can. Otherwise it'll come out in about 30 mins with a freshwater dip. That won't kill anything else on the rock will it?



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Reef69
Tue, 21st Sep 2004, 03:01 PM
Looks like a monkey crab to Me
SuperXdude
Tue, 21st Sep 2004, 05:41 PM
Freshwater dip did not work....perhaps Silverchair is willing to come over and help? :)


SuperX
Reef69
Tue, 21st Sep 2004, 08:06 PM
well, is it stuck to the rock?...it seems to be a hermit of some sort...If it is, it wont harm anything IMO.
SuperXdude
Tue, 21st Sep 2004, 08:16 PM
i've got a brittle star who would easily rob a glass of food...lol

but I will try. It's not a hermit. Claw is way too big.
Saltyintraining
Fri, 24th Sep 2004, 01:40 PM
I think it is a crotch crustacean. I saw a few of those back in my college days. :lol:

Torrey
SuperXdude
Fri, 24th Sep 2004, 07:16 PM
Killed him about 30 mins ago. Took boiling water to cook him in his hidey hole. Then a hammer to smash the portion of the rock open.

I don't get mad...I get even.

For ID purposes, he has one HUGE pincher and one tiny one.



Thanks to all who helped! I love you guys!


SuperXdude
SuperXdude
Fri, 24th Sep 2004, 07:19 PM
Not to scale either! He ain't that big!
Ram_Puppy
Fri, 24th Sep 2004, 11:40 PM
looks like it was a good call getting him out.
Instar
Sat, 25th Sep 2004, 05:16 AM
The first picture is of a hairy leg crab and the second has no hair on its legs. Some of those little rock crabs don't do anything but scavenge out junk and help keep the rock clean. Hard to tell from the picture about the big claw. Sometimes those turn into rock crabs that get huge. Takes some watching to see what they do. The big eating kinds of rock crabs have to go. I would watch the crabs for a while to see. Hairy ones that get into sps corals eat them, hairless ones are beneficial. The only sure thing here is the pic of the dead one is not the same as the pic of the live one.
SuperXdude
Sat, 25th Sep 2004, 08:22 AM
he had to be the same one. I did get his legs as well, just didn't put them in the pic. In addition, while removing him peice by peice wih tweezers, his legs were removed.

If he was a good crab, now I feel bad. :(

If he was a bad crab, oh well. There are plenty more out there.

Hopefully now my snail shell graveyard will stop increasing.


SuperX