Hermit crab morphed into seahorse?

[thatmanMIKEson]

I can't tell what type of hermit crab this is but it has been in a storage bin for a few years with only live rock/light and I guess algae to eat but a few years ago I thought he was gone, I just recently pulled this rock out and he has survived, but I could have sworn that it was a red legged crab a few years ago. It has black legs with blue dots on the legs, red antennaand seems to like green hair algae allot. Does anyone know what this is?

 

[attiland]

I am sure this is not the same hermit crab.

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

I am sure this is not the same hermit crab.

Are you sure?

 

[Skynyrd Fish]

In theory with algae to eat he could live a few years. Mine are in my tank for at least three.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Pictures are too blue to tell what type of crab this could be

 

[Sarcazian]

Did you put the rocks in storage due to hair algae? No ideas on the color change, but if that's all he's been eating for a few years he may be conditioned to eat HA.

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

I was in-between moving and tanks i ended up getting rid of my old 120g scratched up tank and recently set up a new sc120 so out came the rock a couple mushrooms survived and that one hermit.