So I found this really neat looking crab in my tank. Today I found him on one of my loose zoa plugs and I can’t tell if he’s eating the coral or picking at stuff off the peg? Can anyone identify him and also tell me if he’s harmless?
Crab hitchhiker.. is he eating Coral?
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Looks like an Emerald Crab... if it is it's an algae eater. Do you have a better picture of it?
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I fixed the video - maybe that helps? If not I’ll try to get a better pic when I see him again. I chased him off the zoa.
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I’ll have to get a better pic of him. It looks like he might be eating coraline algae off the peg.
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With video of it eating my vote is emerald... he's doing his coral cleaning. Mine does a warpath through my GSP looking for algae.
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It looks hairy. Looks like it's literally pulling coraline off the rocks.
Does it have pointy claws?
Can you pull it out and put it in glass and take a picture?
I think you may want to be sure about this one.
Does it have pointy claws?
Can you pull it out and put it in glass and take a picture?
I think you may want to be sure about this one.
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Thanks guys. I’ll update when I get a better photo maybe video.
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I vote red emerald crab (and they do have hairy legs)
I’ve had emerald crabs that eat zoanthids...
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Good call Fishy212! I looked this up and it definitely looks like a red mithrax. Relative of the emerald crab so I can see why many think it’s an emerald.
I guess I have to keep him fed or he’ll go after my other inverts and Coral. Actually - I am missing a skunk shrimp. No remnants of him anywhere and I just saw him last night!
I guess I have to keep him fed or he’ll go after my other inverts and Coral. Actually - I am missing a skunk shrimp. No remnants of him anywhere and I just saw him last night!
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