i got crabs again :)

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  1. drew3

    drew3 Blue Ringed Angel

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    try lady crab for the id
     
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  3. loneracer05

    loneracer05 Clown Trigger

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    the thingamabob situation was her doing lol...i feel i shud make a new thread about it lol

    its not a softshell crab...lady crab was kinda close but the legs are flat for swimming.ill try to get sommore shots of them. only problem is all the easily viewable 1s are at my house in wit my damsels.and after work im going to my thingamabobs house. she has 2 in her fowlr tank but they dig....o wait she has 3 frozen 1s (didnt make the hr n half trip from lfs to my house to her house)for our octopus...pics comming tonite of frozen mostly intact crabs lol
     
  4. drew3

    drew3 Blue Ringed Angel

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    lady crabs do have have swimmmerets and they do bury in the sand (during the summer when im at the beach i have to constantley watch out for them)[​IMG]
     
  5. loneracer05

    loneracer05 Clown Trigger

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    their legs are all like similar to those back legs
     
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    loneracer05 Clown Trigger

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    they also have white claws
     
  7. thepanfish

    thepanfish Flying Squid

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    Nooo, not softshell that was an observation, try
    BROWN EGG CRAB
     
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  9. loneracer05

    loneracer05 Clown Trigger

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    oo sry lol.... nope not it either :(

    heres afew more pics hopefully they will help i think these are as good as they get ...ps this was of a dead crab ,they look the same live/dead
     

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