Crab with one big claw. Is he safe?

[paneubert]

Anybody know if he is reef safe? He came out of a chunk of Zoa's.

 

[Anubis1]

i think it's a gorilla crab (I could be wrong though) xanthid sp.
If it is.. he's one of the bad ones..

 

[blackcloudmedia]

Appears to me to be in the family of stone crabs, I have one and keep it around to clean up extra shrimp. However he eats my bivalves that I get from the beach. They DEFFINATELY are not reef safe.

 

[paneubert]

Good to know. For now he will live in my 1/4 cup measuring cup that he has been in. He doesn't seem to mind that the water temperature is in the low 70's. So that is cool.

 

[The Chefin' man]

I found one of those little turds in an sps that I had. Key word HAD. He was trapped in between some branches and I thought he was a good one. Well needless to say the acropora is not alive anymore. Damn the luck!

See ya!
The Chef

 

[The Chefin' man]

I found one of those little turds in an sps that I had. Key word HAD. He was trapped in between some branches and I thought he was a good one. Well needless to say the acropora is not alive anymore. Damn the luck!

See ya!
The Chef