Found this crab hidden in my coral

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  1. Hackem688

    Hackem688 Millepora

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    yea but that's defiantly not the one.
     
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  2. lunatik_69

    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    "Sounds" like a Procelain crab to me, but I would need a confirmation on the "fan" like hands. If it is, reef safe, I had two of them before. Luna
     
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  3. Hackem688

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    Ok I looked that one up and dissent seem like the one and he was picking at one of my corals
     
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  4. Jason McKenzie

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    What type of coral was it in?
     
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  5. lunatik_69

    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    dissent=doesnt?
     
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  6. Hackem688

    Hackem688 Millepora

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    Does not (Spell Check error) lobo Corel
     
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  7. abraKADAV3R!

    abraKADAV3R! Feather Duster

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    looks like trouble to me...has black tip claws and it is DEFF not a porcelain crab...Exile him to the sump!!!Off with his head!!!
     
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  8. Hackem688

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    Thats were he is LOL
     
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  9. abraKADAV3R!

    abraKADAV3R! Feather Duster

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    now that i think of it, is it purple and off white/yellow? if so its a no no i had one like this and it tore my feather duster to shreds just for fun didn't even eat it!!!
     
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  10. Hackem688

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    yea he was the culprit killing my lobo
     
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