Crab. Good or bad

[rich nyc]

Sorry for the quality. Found him a month ago in my Birdsnest. Just been too lazy to do anything about it. Crabs her to freak me out. Please let me know if I should get rid of him. Thanks Rich

 

[Ds04384]

Sorry for the quality. Found him a month ago in my Birdsnest. Just been too lazy to do anything about it. Crabs her to freak me out. Please let me know if I should get rid of him. Thanks Rich

Hard to tell with the pic but are the legs hairy? If so it is probably a gorilla crab and is bad. If there is no hair then it might be a acro crab or pocillopora crab which are great, but I'm not thinking that's the case here

 

[Brew12]

Sorry for the quality. Found him a month ago in my Birdsnest. Just been too lazy to do anything about it. Crabs her to freak me out. Please let me know if I should get rid of him. Thanks Rich

I can't see him in the picture to verify, but these are normally a good type of crab.

It is likely one of these.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/...pora-acropora-crab?pcatid=2914&c=497+501+2914

 

[KJ]

Google Tetralia cymodoce and Trapezia serenei.

 

[Ds04384]

I can't see him in the picture to verify, but these are normally a good type of crab.

It is likely one of these.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/...pora-acropora-crab?pcatid=2914&c=497+501+2914

I hope you're right but the picture makes him look more gray and with hairy legs. Usually on these corals it's either the awesome crab you linked or a gorilla which is bad news.

 

[rich nyc]

thanks I wish i can take a better picture

 

[rich nyc]

Hopefully the crab gods won't kill me. I just flushed him down the toilet :(

 

[Brew12]

Hopefully the crab gods won't kill me. I just flushed him down the toilet :(

:(

If in doubt, that is probably the best move. Especially if you don't have a sump.

 

[Greybeard]

A small, unidentified crab living in a healthy birdsnest? What a shame. Likely a Trapezia of some sort.

 

[Ds04384]

Hopefully the crab gods won't kill me. I just flushed him down the toilet :(

Was it gray and hairy or was it smooth/hairless?

 

[rich nyc]

it was redesh and hairy

 

[Ds04384]

it was redesh and hairy

Generally hairy is bad. If you watch that video you'll see that those crabs are perfectly smooth.