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davo
11-05-2006, 8:11 PM
anyone ?
http://www.marinefish-uk.co.uk/forums/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=4481
http://www.marinefish-uk.co.uk/forums/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=4482
http://www.marinefish-uk.co.uk/forums/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=4483

Max
11-05-2006, 8:19 PM
box crab or shamefaced crab? I'm not exactly sure which calappa it is but, it sure does look like one.
hth and I might be wrong.

davo
11-06-2006, 9:58 AM
thanks for pointing me in direction, god there is a lot of species. anyone else?

Max
11-06-2006, 7:28 PM
Fwiw, if it is one of them they tend to be aggresive and will eat your fish etc. It might also be a shore crab. So, I'd say if you've had a it a while and it hasn't hurt anything keep it If, it's a new intro or if anything is MIA well....... bisque anyone?

davo
11-06-2006, 7:39 PM
its a friends, and its been eating some corals, he stayed up to catch it at night. not sure if he killed it or through it to the sump