Aiptaisia or pom pom?

[TnFishwater98]

mind pointing me the way of one that has? I never have seen that behavior before!

 

[SlugSnorter]

what? I never knew they could use them and it would be cool to see

 

[TnFishwater98]

what? I never knew they could use them and it would be cool to see

Gotcha, wasn’t sure exactly what you meant by mind pointing

 

[mdb_talon]

mind pointing me the way of one that has? I never have seen that behavior before!

Here are q couple videos from a google search. Have seen picture/videos many times over the years. While they certainly prefer a specific type of anenome(that is not found in our hobby other than with these crabs) they will often make due with what they can get.

pom pom crab with aiptasia - Google Search

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/pom-pom-crab-picked-up-aiptasia.543409/&ved=2ahUKEwi0uf_j_7v1AhVNG80KHQQ_AdEQFnoECAYQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2Wb2_QJE7aAMOWX5-1nn1S

Here is one who grabbed a couple rock nems just for the fun of it it seems...

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/pom-pom-crab-stealing-my-rock-nem.494114/&ved=2ahUKEwj7qtjogLz1AhVZV80KHSW-CwkQrAIoAXoECCEQAg&usg=AOvVaw1k2nTkakLhnLW_4y_gbuwX