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Blown76mav

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Crab ID help
« on: November 22, 2008, 21:31:25 »
Ok, tonight must be crab night.  So far I have caught 2 gorilla crabs, one bigger than a quarter and one a little smaller.  These are easy to ID fuzzy with black claws.  I just caught this one its a grayish color with grayish claws.  Good or Bad?

Thanks

Lonnie

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Re: Crab ID help
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2008, 21:36:26 »

He doesn’t look good.  A general rule of thumb with crabs is if they have small claws, then they are usually bad. There are exceptions to the rule, but that guy looks bad. Maybe someone else can positively ID him/her.

Blown76mav

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Re: Crab ID help
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2008, 21:45:08 »
His claws are bigger than the gorilla crabs.  I'm gonna start calling my sump "The Crab Shack" ;D

MechanicalEngineer

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Re: Crab ID help
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2008, 00:13:28 »
Yikes...you could just about make a crab cake with all these crabs.  :)

apelaston

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Re: Crab ID help
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2008, 00:23:00 »
Is it risky to keep those n ur sump?

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Re: Crab ID help
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2008, 12:09:59 »
Only if you want to keep snails and other inverts in the sump

quicksilver

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Re: Crab ID help
« Reply #6 on: November 24, 2008, 12:13:58 »
Is it bad everyone keeps getting crabs? I mean finding them. ;D

apelaston

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Re: Crab ID help
« Reply #7 on: November 24, 2008, 13:44:25 »
Must b all the vodka dosing. . . .ever since that started crabs have been going around. :-)

Blown76mav

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Re: Crab ID help
« Reply #8 on: November 24, 2008, 16:25:29 »
I'm going to collect them all and the next time you guys have a meeting, I'm going to drop them in someones tank along with a few damsels.... ;D

J/K but I would like to get to a meeting sometime, I just work Mon-Thur 6:30 am-11:30 p.m. :'( 

slandis3

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Re: Crab ID help
« Reply #9 on: November 24, 2008, 16:44:19 »
meetings around the hoildays are kinda tuff. There is so much going on its hard to get everyone together.

Blown76mav

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Re: Crab ID help
« Reply #10 on: November 24, 2008, 16:59:59 »
Oh Ya, I forgot last night I took out all my LR to change the aquascape and found 4 more big ones and a baby.  Just when I thought I had them all there is another baby in the DT now.  Gonna get him to.

quicksilver

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Re: Crab ID help
« Reply #11 on: November 25, 2008, 08:51:11 »
I'm going to collect them all and the next time you guys have a meeting, I'm going to drop them in someones tank along with a few damsels.... ;D

J/K but I would like to get to a meeting sometime, I just work Mon-Thur 6:30 am-11:30 p.m. :'( 


that would suck getting damsels in your large fish tank.. can't get them suckers out that would be the worst joke ever.

 

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