COME ON.. SOMEBODY HAS TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF CRAB THIS IS!!!!

[dnorton1978]

I couldnt sleep last night so at 2am i pulled out my flashlight and took a look at the tank. I always knew i had one of these crabs, but last night found another one, except this one was not moving. This morning I pulled out my trusty turkey baster, and sucked that bad boy out of his rock. Now, this mean there was a total of two, but I never saw them outside of their rock. Many nights i pull out the flash light and look around, and never seen them out of their rock. I have some corals and was wondering if i should be concerned.
Xenia, galaxia, long tentacle plate coral, green star polyp, and a green hariy mushroom.

 

[dnorton1978]

I THINK ITS A DEVIL CRAB!!!!

 

[alvintheclownfish]

anything hairy is always bad

 

[Anonymous]

anything hairy is always bad

Au contraire.
This little critter looks like a member of the Family: Xanthidae, but without better, closer pictures it's impossible to say what genus and species. Many Xanthids are perfectly reef safe herbivores.
To be on the safe side view it at night when it normally feeds to see if it bothers corals or other invertebrates.

Regards,
David Mohr

 

[dnorton1978]

Thank you David. WIll do..

 

[Mihai]

I'm not going to argue with David about anything, he knows those critters far better than me, but I'd like to point out that those claws don't seem to be made for eating algae...

M.

 

[Anonymous]

a little old bay seasoning, melted butter.... i'd call it "Appetizer"

 

[K9coral]

That is one scary looking mofo. I like the idea of cooking him.

 

[tazdevil]

He just needs to get bigger.

Much , much bigger, than cook, melted butter with seasoned salt and pepper added, and yum.


Or you could puree him and add the puree to the tank, the other inhabitants will love it.

 

[dnorton1978]

thats a good idea.. So the real question is how long do i melt the butter for? Just kidding