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  1. Tue, 27th Jul 2010, 01:42 AM #1
    Big_Pun
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    Default crab ID

    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
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  2. Tue, 27th Jul 2010, 09:46 AM #2
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    gorrilla crab?
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  3. Tue, 27th Jul 2010, 10:06 AM #3
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    Could it be a Black Fingered Mud crab - Xanthid crab?
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  4. Tue, 27th Jul 2010, 10:31 AM #4
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    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.
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  5. Tue, 27th Jul 2010, 10:38 AM #5
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    where did it come from, did you add some rock to your pico?
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  6. Tue, 27th Jul 2010, 12:16 PM #6
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    Default crab ID

    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.
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  7. Wed, 28th Jul 2010, 12:12 AM #7
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    IIRC Big claw + little claw = bad news.
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  8. Thu, 29th Jul 2010, 03:08 PM #8
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    Here's the best crab ID guide I've found yet. You might get a fix on him there.
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