Safe to give this crab to a friend ?

[JonnyJ]

Lol,

Found a bunch of these in some mariculture sps colonies we picked up. I put them in specimen cups until I can get an ID or okay on them!

Acro crab?

Lemmie know!

 

[Gabe]

That doesn't look like a acro.

 

[dacebrown]

ohhhh that crab !!! then that kind of crab is safe to give it to your friend .. lol

 

[Gabe]

Don't give me that crab!!

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

Hard to tell from pic..they might be acro EATING crabs. Was there any dead spots/tissue missing around the corals?

 

[Alfredo De La Fe]

I don't remember clearly the "rule of thumb", but I THINK it is that if it is black or "frilly", it MAY be an acro eating crab... I am too tired to bother doing a google search right now. Could use a GALLON of good, Cuban coffee!

Alfred

Hard to tell from pic..they might be acro EATING crabs. Was there any dead spots/tissue missing around the corals?

 

[Euroreefer]

The acro crabs Ive seen are white/ beige in color.

 

[JOHANNA]

Those look like Sally lightfoot crabs. They will ambush your fish while they sleep. THEY EAT FISH!!

 

[Master Shake]

not even close to sally lightfoots, be on the safe side and dump em

 

[rookie07]

not even close to sally lightfoots, be on the safe side and dump em

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