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Big_Pun
Tue, 27th Jul 2010, 01:42 AM
found this guy in my pico when I pulled my dead blenny out a hole. I was thinking how does a dead blenny go tail first in a whole and be eaten half way all ready, I'm sure he didn't kill it blenny was in bad shape from jumping out earlier

StevenSeas
Tue, 27th Jul 2010, 09:46 AM
gorrilla crab?

vman181
Tue, 27th Jul 2010, 10:06 AM
Could it be a Black Fingered Mud crab - Xanthid crab?

BIGBIRD123
Tue, 27th Jul 2010, 10:31 AM
Definitely not a good crab. His claws look pointed and serrated, bad crab. Looks like it could be xanthid. They have been known to kill and eat fish.

danvan75
Tue, 27th Jul 2010, 10:38 AM
where did it come from, did you add some rock to your pico?

Big_Pun
Tue, 27th Jul 2010, 12:16 PM
I had seen it when I first got some coral, it was a hitch hiker also came with a mantis shrimp. this was 6-7 months ago maybe longer I hadn't seen it since, so I thought it died.

ErikH
Wed, 28th Jul 2010, 12:12 AM
IIRC Big claw + little claw = bad news.

d3rryc
Thu, 29th Jul 2010, 03:08 PM
Here's the best crab ID guide (http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchcrabs.html)I've found yet. You might get a fix on him there.