crab, for sale in LFS, ideas?

[crispin]

Id on this fella? I was told he love eating snails and is used to keep populations of unwanted snails in check, but i have no idea about him. Funky eyes though

 

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[FransSny]

Something from an bad Alien movie......

Id be scared he busts those bubbles

 

[sihaya]

Cool. Looks like Percon gibbesi, sally light foot crab... like a lot of reef crabs, they likely eat mostly debris and algae while they're little. Once they get big, they could go after inverts (and maybe even fish).

 

[FransSny]

Had a look in my book..Sarah is right also known as Urchin crab...according to my info

 

[crispin]

i'll mail the LFS and see what they have it under.

id have it under my tank,

in a sump thanks very much!

 

[FransSny]

let us know crispin...never seen one in SA ...threfore the running to the book thing

 

[jacquesb]

Frans - next time you go to KZN - have a look on the rocks.... they are FULL OF THEM!

 

[FransSny]

Frans - next time you go to KZN - have a look on the rocks.... they are FULL OF THEM!

I still take "The Book" when i go to the coast !...gauteng doesnt even have a decent aquarium....BUT we have TAXIs & Lots

 

[crispin]

I still take "The Book" when i go to the coast !...gauteng doesnt even have a decent aquarium....BUT we have TAXIs & Lots

i dont know so much about that, i can think of some great aquariums of masa members from gauteng

 

[leslie hempel]

awsome little addition to have i got one on the transkei coast and kept it in my 4ft for a few years, it grazes on algae and as sihaya says is a sally lightfoot. it never interfered with mu fish and i had mandarin and anthias in there.

the green on the crab seems to flash reminding of a strobe light and almost gives the impression that the crab is experienceing bursts of energy...

 

[Tony]

I'm with Sara. A Sally lightfoot crab. They get about 10cm across with juveniles being herbiverous and the adults predatory. They aren't reef safe and can be destructive

 

[Warr7207]

cool crab, never seen them in SA