Black Mithrax crab pictures

[Marc Levenson]

I was amazed that I caught this guy last night. I was about to do a coral dip
to save the coral, and who happened to be hanging out on the backside of that
coral? :D

I put him in a small dish trying to decide whether to listen to the advice of
those that opposed this pretty guy, and he hung on the edge of the dish for at
least 15 minutes out of water.

Finally I dropped him into my refugium for now.

In a dish:
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1203/mithrax1.jpg

Out of water:
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1203/mithrax2.jpg
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1203/mithrax3.jpg
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1203/mithrax6.jpg

In my refugium:
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1203/mithrax5.jpg

Note the shape of the claw in this pictures.
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1203/mithrax4.jpg

A crab in the hand is worth two in the reef:
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1203/mithrax7.jpg

Marc

--
Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html
Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com
Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com

[Teri G]

Awesome pics - thanks for sharing!

Crabs ... <shudder> ... not in my 'fuge, LOL. He actually is a cute
little guy, though!

How's the coral?

Teri
http://www.reefsanctuary.com

Marc Levenson wrote:
> I was amazed that I caught this guy last night. I was about to do a coral dip
> to save the coral, and who happened to be hanging out on the backside of that
> coral? :D
>
> I put him in a small dish trying to decide whether to listen to the advice of
> those that opposed this pretty guy, and he hung on the edge of the dish for at
> least 15 minutes out of water.
>
> Finally I dropped him into my refugium for now.
>
> In a dish:
> http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1203/mithrax1.jpg
>
> Out of water:
> http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1203/mithrax2.jpg
> http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1203/mithrax3.jpg
> http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1203/mithrax6.jpg
>
> In my refugium:
> http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1203/mithrax5.jpg
>
> Note the shape of the claw in this pictures.
> http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1203/mithrax4.jpg
>
> A crab in the hand is worth two in the reef:
> http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1203/mithrax7.jpg
>
> Marc
>
> --
> Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html
> Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com
> Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com
>
>

[Marc Levenson]

According to Eric Borneman, it wasn't Brown Jelly Disease after all. He's doing a
few follow up questions with me, and hopefully we can figure it out. There is a
picture of the coral being dipped in my Personal Log on my site.

Marc


Teri G wrote:

> Awesome pics - thanks for sharing!
>
> Crabs ... <shudder> ... not in my 'fuge, LOL. He actually is a cute
> little guy, though!
>
> How's the coral?
>
> Teri
> http://www.reefsanctuary.com
>
> Marc Levenson wrote:
> > I was amazed that I caught this guy last night. I was about to do a coral dip
> > to save the coral, and who happened to be hanging out on the backside of that
> > coral? :D
> >
> > I put him in a small dish trying to decide whether to listen to the advice of
> > those that opposed this pretty guy, and he hung on the edge of the dish for at
> > least 15 minutes out of water.
> >
> > Finally I dropped him into my refugium for now.
> >
> > In a dish:
> > http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1203/mithrax1.jpg
> >
> > Out of water:
> > http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1203/mithrax2.jpg
> > http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1203/mithrax3.jpg
> > http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1203/mithrax6.jpg
> >
> > In my refugium:
> > http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1203/mithrax5.jpg
> >
> > Note the shape of the claw in this pictures.
> > http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1203/mithrax4.jpg
> >
> > A crab in the hand is worth two in the reef:
> > http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/1203/mithrax7.jpg
> >
> > Marc
> >
> > --
> > Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html
> > Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com
> > Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com
> >
> >

--
Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html
Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com
Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com