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Fiddler crab

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Anonymous

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So apparently I picked up a fiddler crab with the new LR. What is the concensus on them, should I pull it out or leave it in?
 
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Anonymous

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It will eventually die unless it can get regular exposure to air. They can not live totally submerged all the time.

You sure it's a fiddler crab? Normally they live in the mud.
 
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I am not certain of its ID, but I believe it came off a rock from my wifes work at LFS and she says they have been getting fiddler crabs in alot. I will try to find it and snap a pic. Usually all I can see is its white big claw and eye stalks sticking out of the sand under the rocks.
 
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Anonymous

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Yeah the one huge claw that they wave around, usually a fiddler crab. Can't think of what other one it would be.
 
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Anonymous

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:) Ditch...IMO. Unless I know a crab is reef safe, he is removed as quick
as I can catch him!
 
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Fiddler crabs only eat detritus but do not do well if forced to stay underwater 24/7.

They do make great food for puffers and triggers though.
 
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