Can anyone help ID this thing, please?

[flutter.baybee]

We just saw him in Jurassic Tank and aren't sure what it is [emoji15][emoji15]

 

[Lionfish Lair]

It's looks like a bristleworm.

 

[Luna]

Help ID friend or foe

 

[Diesel]

Your friend or foe looks like a gorilla crab, if so not a friend.

 

[Roboson]

Your friend or foe looks like a gorilla crab, if so not a friend.

Definite gorilla crab. I love them, but they are not reef safe.

 

[Luna]

What do the gorilla crabs eat in a reef? Zoas? Torch? or hammers?

 

[CastAway]

Yes

 

[Roboson]

What do the gorilla crabs eat in a reef? Zoas? Torch? or hammers?

They are opportunist feeders. Some will eat Zoas, some will take bites out of LPS, most will snag fish and snails if they can. If you could get him out, and get another clearer photo, I could tell you more about him.

 

[Luna]

Ok I will try to get another photo when one of them pop out of the rocks

 

[Roboson]

Any luck?

 

[Luna]

No they don't come out of their holes

 

[Luna]

Gorilla crab????

 

[Roboson]

Could be. He's even hairier than gorilla crabs I've seen as hitchhikers and his coloration is different. I'd need a pic of his claws to ID him.

 

[Boesemani]

I'd just be pulling those crabs out of there

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I'd definitely remove that. Y'all realize we're in flutter's thread?

 

[Roboson]

If you do manage to get it out, I'm interested in what it is and would like a shot at a proper ID.

 

[Luna]

Got one

 

[Roboson]

He's a very pretty species, and one I have not seen before. Could you get a close up of his claws?

 

[Luna]

Pretty ?