Am i looking at good guy or bad guy?

[Fragalot]

I have 2 of these guys So what do you think?






http://www.fragalot.ca/pics/acrocrab.jpg

[Dene]

bad guy.

[Fragalot]

Thanks Dene, Give me a min i will take these guys out. Anyone wants them?

[J_T]

Nice macro shot :)

[Fizzio]

What the heck is that? Scary looking

[Fragalot]

Nice macro shot :)

Thanks ;)


What the heck is that? Scary looking

yea it is. They were in acro i got today but they in the sump right now.

[Syndrome]

Nice shot. Looks like a safe ordinary Acro Crab to me.

[River]

wow that's a gorgeous crab.

[Fragalot]

Well they look nice, pure purple legs ;) And there is 1 male and 1 female ;)

[kadaytar]

Burc it looks like an acro crab to me which is not a bad guy.

Is it similar to this guy?

http://www.melevsreef.com/id/acro_crab.html

[Fragalot]

Yea they look like that one in the pic. Thanks ;)

[Chaloupa]

gorgeous pic Burc! and the crabs are beautiful...good thing you didn't take them out!

[Fragalot]

Thanks Sarah, Well i did actually take them out, but they are in sump right now.

[JamezC]

Definitely acro crabs.

They by rights don't have the reef-safe commonalities like spooned claws and wutnot; but as long as you ensure they get some flake food; they won't hurt anything. In the wild they live in the branches of the SPS for safety and are the ONLY defense corals have against the predatory Crown Of Thorns Starfish - cuz they attack the soft underside before it can extend its stomach and digest the coral. Watch "Blue Planet" it shows it. Suuuper cooool!!

[corpusse]

I was just putting in a new coral when 2 of these crabs popped out. I almost dropped the coral! I left them in since they are hairless and almost certainly no more evil then all the hairy crabs that have somehow made it into my system...

[Fragalot]

lol Yea i know they scared me too Well they are good or bad they are having fun in the sump

[Sea MunnKey]

Hey Burc ... .whenever you're around in GTA .... gimme a shout and I would love to have them in my Refugium please!! I still a Crab reserved for me @ Patwa's place too ..... so if you guys or gals have any Crab's PM me pls!!

Thanks,
Paul

[Fragalot]

Well i promised those crabs to my friend. But i have at least 20 hitchiker crabs in my sump. I will pick couple good looking crabs for you ;)

[danaburns]

That was a crab? uuugly bugger!

[swiseman]

Can I have a full size copy of the picture, that would make an excellent desktop picture?

Looks exactly like the harmless acro crab I have in one of my colonies. He and the Green Coral Goby live side by side.

[Fragalot]

Sure PM me your email address i will email the picture to you