Crab Help!!!

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  1. SSMW

    SSMW Plankton

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    I just bought some live rock recently to start up my salt water tank and a little creature came with it.

    I have really only seen it's two claws but am worried that it may be harmful to my hermit crabs (and when I add fish)!? I would not like to lose any of the little guys so if anyone could help that would be great.

    This is the best picture I could get of him.

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    SSMW, May 4, 2010
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  2. bje

    bje Long-fin Bannerfish

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    well its probably an emerald crab. if so its nothing to worry about they're reef safe.
     
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  3. SSMW

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    It's not green though do the color of emerald craps vary? cause it seems to be a dark brown black color.
     
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  4. bje

    bje Long-fin Bannerfish

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    correct. fish safe.
     
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  5. DBOSHIBBY

    DBOSHIBBY Sleeper Shark

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    how are we sure its a emerald already? nothin was said on shape of the claws, size, or even color for that matter. the pic really doesnt show anything to prove it is a emerald.
     
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    bje Long-fin Bannerfish

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    never said it was. said it looked like one to me.
     
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    bje Long-fin Bannerfish

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    oh... well then its not an emerald crab if its black
     
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  8. SSMW

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    It looks about 2 inches, black with what looks like a white vertical strip on the joint of the claw. I haven't seen much of it only the claws and the "arm" of it. have yet to see the body
     
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  9. DBOSHIBBY

    DBOSHIBBY Sleeper Shark

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    get it out. odds are against you that its reef safe with a discription like that.
     
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    SSMW Plankton

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    Okay thanks should I take the crab back to where I got the LR and ask about it?
     
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