Crab on SPS

[clownsnreefs]

Hi so i found a crab on my coral recently and was wondering if it was harmful. The pics are hard to see but it is brownish and seems hairy/furry and looks like it may have black tips on its claws. It is a maricultured colony. I searched it and it had mixed ideas so i figured i would ask on here. Thanks

 

[twistedteq]

Can't tell by the pictures but by your description I'd say its a gorilla crab.

 

[clownsnreefs]

ok thanks i will remove it

 

[marklugo23]

Thats deff a gorilla crab get that thing out now before it tears up your sps

 

[reefman]

if its hairy, remove it.

 

[skene]

if its hairy, remove it.

an emerald crab is hairy... would you remove that also?

before you go tearing things apart its always besy to id things properly. this means do google searches on your own on critters that can hitch hike on the corals you purchase.
99% of the time if its on an sps its because its beneficial to the coral... and then you have people that don't know what you are looking at based on poor images you upload are making assumptions.

but hey.... its your tank... do as you see fit.

 

[marklugo23]

scroll down and look at the pics it will help you decide, i know is a gorilla crab and they pick at sps

 

[marklugo23]

http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/164406-acropora-crab/

 

[ecvernon]

I agree to get it out. It a hitchhiker on a maricultured sps colony. From that description sounds like a gorilla crab(hairy ,black tips). Never had a emerald crab stay within a sps colony.

 

[skene]

ok... maybe it's me.. but I can't see a damn thing with those pictures...

courtesy of Melev's Reef ID photos.. What does it look like?

 

[skene]

or how about any of these?

http://www.chucksaddiction.com/coral_crabs.html

 

[marklugo23]

Depending on the lighting it's different. Whether darker or lighter... But this is the crab

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/Arthropoda/CrustaceanPIX/SWCrabs/Crab IDs/crab1 SPS eater.jpg

 

[Jan]

That pic is of a gorilla crab. Put it in your sump where it wont hurt anything.

Depending on the lighting it's different. Whether darker or lighter... But this is the crab

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/Arthropoda/CrustaceanPIX/SWCrabs/Crab IDs/crab1 SPS eater.jpg