Crab id

[Sully]

I know it's not a good one but not sure if its a gorilla crab or something else? It's been removed to the HOB refugium. I know there's at least one more. Hopefully it won't take as long to catch the other.

 

[DannyB]

Not sure on the ID but I agree on the removal. I am not a big fan of crabs though.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Ditto DANNY
crabs are hard to Id on the net. There's a lot.
Most are specialized eaters and will live on huge coral colony and eat detritus algae poo marine snow etc. i.e. Acro crab. On occasion with no other food sources the will eat bits of th Coral too.
In an enclosed system like ours that nehavior can, if there're not getting enough to food will turn to active hunting of the other livestock in your tank. Esp sleeping fish and snails.
Also why hermits go rogue and become kill crabs. (I've had two)
So as beautiful as they are they do need to be removed from the tank. In a small fuge they will likely starve. In a large fuge it's a maybe.

It's why I spot feed the tiny one in my DT.
:eek:

 

[Sully]

This one is smaller than a dime. I have another one in my fuge and not sure of his type either. I drop him a pellet every few days as a supplement and he seems ok.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Awesome