Found a crab hitch hiking. Id please.

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Not a great picture I will try to get a better one but any id help would be appreciated.
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My personal rule... never trust a crab. ESPECIALLY one you didn't buy on purpose. Can't tell from the pics, but if it's white and hairy, you might have some problems in the future.

Mac
 
I believe it is white and hairy. Hard to tell as it has algae stuck all over itself. Guess I will be trying to catch him then.

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Sounds like a gorilla crab. One of those cost me a Coral Beauty Angel once... Almost made me get rid of my hermits and deal with the algae growth some other way.

Mac
 
Definitely has spider crab features and is a decorator. So, I would guess Spider Decorator Crab.
 
Looks like some sort of decorator crab, if you don't want to keep it im fairly sure you could find a new home for it.


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From what I am reading they can be bad news. I will start hunting him down. If anybody wants him let me know before I pull him out and take him back to AC.

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Imo put him in your sump if you have one.

Ya looks to be a decorator to me I seen one before in a buddy's tank with polyps all over it lol looked funny.
 

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