Crab anyone?

**Ann Marie** · 12-29-2009, 05:35 PM

I gots me a crab!

I found him this morning in a tank that has no fish which I'm hoping to convince my husband we need to put an angler in. Hell, at this point what is one more tank (already have 4 others and it's up and running)! It would probably be the least expensive tank of them all.... no chiller....no MH.... Maybe if I just leave it up and add the angler, he won't even notice!

Sorry, back to the crab. Cute little bugger, would like to leave in my new angler tank. Here's a couple of shots I took of him the other night.

Anyone care to put a name to it?

**Ann Marie** · 12-29-2009, 05:38 PM

Appears he might like to snack on caluerpa.

**CarmieJo** · 12-30-2009, 01:52 AM

He's a cute little fella!

**rayme07** · 12-30-2009, 04:03 AM

It kind of looks like a teddy bear crab.

But its a little different looking. He certainly looks cool thought.

**Ann Marie** · 12-30-2009, 02:08 PM

Thanks, too bad he's shy

**saxman** · 01-04-2010, 01:22 PM

i'm not so sure i'd leave that crab in a setup with sedentary fish...too easy a target for a hungry crab. altho in the case of an angler, it may simply end up as a snack. i recommend tossing it into a fuge.

as for eating macro, most crabs are opportunistic omnivores, and will eat anything they come across.

this fellow lives in the fuge of our split 40 gal:

**Ann Marie** · 01-04-2010, 01:40 PM

Now THAT'S a cutie!!

**Ann Marie** · 01-04-2010, 01:45 PM

I'm keeping my eye out for a nice wartskin angler (A. maculatus) for that tank.

**saxman** · 01-04-2010, 01:49 PM

Originally Posted by Ann Marie

I'm keeping my eye out for a nice wartskin angler (A. maculatus) for that tank.

sweet! warties are probably my fave angler. i really like the white specimens with the red fin margins.

**Ann Marie** · 01-04-2010, 04:05 PM

That's what I am hoping to find. This is a 26g bowfront aquarium and it'll probably be the only thing in there since anything else would probably be eaten. Well, there will be some snails.