Gorilla Crab?

[DocRose]

Great advice (90 days)! I will have a few months to observe in a 15 gallon Fluval Flex before I start my IM 25 gallon lagoon. Waiting on some house remodeling to get done...

Best of luck!

Same to you!!!!

 

[jabberwock]

Same to you!!!!

I pick it up the first week of October. I will contribute with my experience!

 

[vetteguy53081]

Mithrax?

Xanthidae

 

[kingoftheHiLLpeople]

Xanthidae

I figured you meant either xanthid or mithrax.

 

[OrionN]

I posted this in another thread on crab ID:

In general, it is not easy to ID a crab, other than the species that are commensal to coral, or very few specific crabs. Other than these, most of the crabs are not reef safe. There are herbivore crabs that are good reef cleaner and reef safe. I use this rule:
If a crab has pointy pinchers, it cannot live in my tank. If the pinchers are spoon tipped, they can stay.
Pictures below (not my pictures) are examples of my criteria:

Reef safe pinchers

Not reef safe pinchers