Gotta love hitchhikers?

[Mary Brunet]

Anybody have any idea?! There are two of them on my star polyp colony... some kind of crab maybe? They never leave the rock as far as I know.. very interesting little creatures! Thanks!!

 

[Pat Clark]

That's really cool.

 

[cameronh]

Looks like a hermit crab lol

 

[cameronh]

Welcome to reef2reef by the way!

 

[Mary Brunet]

That's what I thought too.. but I've never seen anything like it... they catch food with their nets... I have had tons of hitchhikers but these are new to me!

 

[cameronh]

Oh I see it now lol. I have no clue haha

 

[Mary Brunet]

Welcome to reef2reef by the way!

Thanks!! It's nice to join a place with people that undoubtedly know more than I do about saltwater fish tanks! Kind of a 8 month newbie and barely adding corals!

 

[cameronh]

Thanks!! It's nice to join a place with people that undoubtedly know more than I do about saltwater fish tanks! Kind of a 8 month newbie and barely adding corals!

Don worry lol, you will get there! I still ask questions haha.......All the time, even if I know the answer

 

[Lionfish Lair]

That's a Commensal Hermit Crab! LUCKY!!

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

AHHHHHH I love it.
A burrowing (maybe) filter feeder or just finds a good ol hole in a rock.
Eats like an anemone crab or porcelain crab.

@Lionfish Lair You should see this. Its cute.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

That's a Commensal Hermit Crab! LUCKY!!

ha. just tagged ya. Thanks for the ID.

Where'd the rock come form?

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Thanks!! It's nice to join a place with people that undoubtedly know more than I do about saltwater fish tanks!

Someone will always know more than you on particular topics. You will know more than some on other topics. That's why I love these communities. We share it all around.

 

[CastAway]

Very cool! More pictures @Mary Brunet, please. Stalk it!

 

[Lionfish Lair]

ha. just tagged ya. Thanks for the ID.

It's the cutest thing I've seen! I want it!!!

Look at him filter-feeding!!

 

[Mary Brunet]

ha. just tagged ya. Thanks for the ID.

Where'd the rock come form?

I live in a rural area, so we ordered them from saltwaterfish.com? Won't do it again, as half of my order was DOA, but these came holed up with a large star polyp colony

 

[Mary Brunet]

That's a Commensal Hermit Crab! LUCKY!!

Googling as I type this post.. Thanks for an ID!!!

 

[Lionfish Lair]

It's a common name for a few different species. I don't know the different ones, though. Yours has pointy looking mittens.

 

[ahammer]

That is awesome! Nice hitch hiker.