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Poolfontaine
12-03-2016, 07:59 PM
Can anyone tell me what this is? Couldn't pass it up. http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161204/3914b896d11ebd59e6cd984187f12512.jpg


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inthedeep2
12-03-2016, 08:15 PM
black tips. no good in display id put him in the sump..

Poolfontaine
12-03-2016, 08:16 PM
Gotcha. Same as a stone crab then? I have a nice place in the sump for him then.


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Livinlocal
12-03-2016, 08:31 PM
A general rule of thumb for crabs is that if the claw tips are touching each other they are bad.

Poolfontaine
12-03-2016, 08:32 PM
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161204/3b64e9cf193d92d4f72b26305e210e5a.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161204/14e9a1a753c45cb53ea33bec82285948.jpg


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Livinlocal
12-03-2016, 08:32 PM
That guy is a beast

Poolfontaine
12-03-2016, 08:33 PM
A few more photos


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Poolfontaine
12-03-2016, 08:34 PM
Yea he is. He's bigger than a golf ball.


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sushi
12-03-2016, 09:25 PM
Watch your fingers :shocked:

Poolfontaine
12-04-2016, 12:40 PM
I handled him for a bit. Didn't pinch me once. Even when I dug him out from under a rock, and held him out of the water to let my kids look at him.


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Poolfontaine
12-04-2016, 12:40 PM
I dug him out to move him from my display to my fuge.


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