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[Amadeusb12]

Comes out at night. Huge fella! Gorilla Crab???





Help!!

Beth

 

[grknyer]

WTF??????? Bigfoot. I don't know what the hell that is. Don't ask,don't even think of calling for help and may God be with you :lol2:

 

[ZANYMASTER]

It may be,you can clearly see it's claws.Looks like a baddie.

 

[aaron23]

it looks hungryyyyyyyy cheering for food with his pompom claws

 

[REEF MANIA]

That thing looks means. Does it mess with your corals or fish.

 

[Killerdrgn]

yes gorilla crab, sump it or give it away.

 

[Amadeusb12]

it is a xanthid...has dark tip claws. <knock on wood> does not disturb anything that I can tell. The tank has been up and running with this live rock for more than a year...so he is just growing and growing! I have only had 2 fish disappear, a pair of neon gobies...guess it could have been "it". LOL
It is one freaky looking thing though. It is like 3"....have to go measure. He is near side glass of tank now.

Beth

 

[aaron23]

catch him!!

 

[Amadeusb12]

maybe a shop vac???
B

 

[Josh]

It's not a gorilla crab. Looks pretty menacing though.

 

[Josh]

Sorry, I should have been clearer. Gorilla crabs are not xanthids, but someone in their infinite wisdom decided that they would call the strange looking crab they found a "gorilla" and now the entire hobby refers to xanthids as gorillas.

 

[Amadeusb12]

I didn't realize.



I know it is a xanthid because of the dark tips on the claws (I think that helps ID it....)
It has been in there a long time....Do I get rid of it?? Into the sump???


B

 

[mstrofdisaster]

Xanthid is not reef-safe. They will end up eating your softies and anything else it feels like eating.

Sump It - Fuge It - Give it up for adoption.

Good luck getting it out