Crab ID

[KLR]

Found this guy on my pink lemonade frag and found some bite marks around the base,did he do it???

Should I put him in the aptasia growing tank?

He has baby blue eyes,lol

 

[bluepit]

in general any crab with black pinchers= evil little devil

 

[Tab28]

He is small but I would say it a a gorilla crab. Not a reef safe crab. I found several in live rock and put them in my sump. I was told to avoid any crab with black tipped claws.

 

[KLR]

Ok,so the aptasia tank will treat him well.

 

[jiffy]

I think I read they were called teddy bear crabs

 

[Tab28]

I have heard that name as well. Seems anything hairy.

 

[SaltWaterDave]

Definitely banish him to the aiptasia tank. That's a bad crab. I had one in my old 29g two years ago and its ate the hell out of my zoanthinds.

 

[Lytehouse]

He is small but I would say it a a gorilla crab. Not a reef safe crab. I found several in live rock and put them in my sump. I was told to avoid any crab with black tipped claws.

gorilla crab,
and they grow to size of half dollar.
Will be havoc in display tank as it gets larger,
to the sump

 

[KLR]

I think he has already made friends with one of the aptasias:bigsmile:

 

[secretreefer]

hehehehe hopefully it gets a good meal out of it!:xd: