Please help ID this bugger

[absolut_vodka]

hi all,

i found this crab snopping around the tank sometime this week... wondering if i should remove it... is it harmful? will it attack the fishes? please assist in IDing him.

[lightningstrike]

looks evil if i were u, i wun give it a chance. wun wanna put up precious corals & LS up for sacrifice.

[veliferium]

be wary of it. it may attack your fishes.IMO, its quite aggresive.have kept one once.every time i have a dead fish, it would be the first to go after it.BTW, where u got it.

[DeepBlue]

Just discovered my fire goby got its top fin ripped off...... I am very suspicious of the crab I saw lurking in my tank......... general rules for crabs (except the Acro Crabs) take them out and put them in your sump...or ...

[Guinness]

Not sure of the name of this crab.

But they are definately plentiful in local waters. Whenever i see them, they are grazing on the algae around our local breakwaters. They may well be vegetarian. T4 unless u have a lighted sump, it will probably die there which can result in other complications.

Largest i have seen about 1 inch (shell only)

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If you don't want it, release it back to the sea lah.....

[veliferium]

i can't agree more with bro guiness.have seen them and even kept one.

[absolut_vodka]

the thing is... this fellow probably hitch-hiked from some rocks or coral and i only just spotted him this week... have seen him put sand in his mouth so i'm really not sure if he's dangerous... so far, all the crab traps have failed so i suspect he's not attract by the shrimp meat that i put into the trap at all?

[DaY]

Caught this type of purple pincer crab b4 with prawn.. Thus i believe they are also carnivore in nature.

[absolut_vodka]

so how did u catch u? can help??

I have no idea how to get that bugger...

[aStRoBo|]

so how did u catch u? can help??

I have no idea how to get that bugger...

use the chicken essence bottle trick.

[absolut_vodka]

tried numerous times but failed... plus this bugger is too big for the normal bottle... i already used a large bird nest bottle (the eu yang sang type) but still didn't manage to get him

[absolut_vodka]

with luck, i managed to get the bugger out of the tank!

[flubberina13]

Looks scary...

Congrats...

[mUAr_cHEe]

bring to flub's place for the steamboat!!!

[flubberina13]

and intoxicate us?

[YellowTang2]

Hi I also noticed a "large crab" last night in my tank, I assume it's hitched a ride in one of the corals I got back from the LFS. Can advise what is the chicken essense bottle trick?

Thanks

[Dispar_Anthias]

Just discovered my fire goby got its top fin ripped off...... I am very suspicious of the crab I saw lurking in my tank......... general rules for crabs (except the Acro Crabs) take them out and put them in your sump...or ...

Yeah and also the very expensive tebby bear crab from hawaii if i am not wrong

[Guinness]

Hi I also noticed a "large crab" last night in my tank, I assume it's hitched a ride in one of the corals I got back from the LFS. Can advise what is the chicken essense bottle trick?

Thanks

put bottle on your sandbed with some food in. crab goes in but cannot come out.

We are talking about small crabs of course.

[FelixSu]

make sure u place 2 rubber bands across the bottle mouth. this prevetns fish or shrimps from going in to get the bait.