Is this a shelless hermit living in my rocks...?

[Cpants]

While i was feeding my tank, tonight i notcied this in the rocks. Im not sure if its a hermit crab or something else. Picture quality apology, it's from a video capture.

 

[Wolf89]

probably just an exoskeleton leftover from a molt

 

[Cpants]

probably just an exoskeleton leftover from a molt

Umm well it was eating frozen food scraps and moving haha

 

[OSFF]

Kinda looks like a porcelain crab claw. If it has a couple of pom poms that it uses to grab food from the water column then you’ll know for sure.

 

[Cpants]

Kinda looks like a porcelain crab claw. If it has a couple of pom poms that it uses to grab food from the water column then you’ll know for sure.

No pompoms. In the pictures, you can kind of see the claws. Just above the rock in the second one. And in the middle, just to the right of the long white leg

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

White light pics would be helpful, but there are a few species of sessile, shell-less hermit crabs (these typically use things like corals or tubeworm tubes as their shells), so it's possible. Some examples include: Discorsopagurus spp. and hermits from the genus Paguritta.

 

[Cpants]

White light pics would be helpful, but there are a few species of sessile, shell-less hermit crabs (these typically use things like corals or tubeworm tubes as their shells), so it's possible. Some examples include: Discorsopagurus spp. and hermits from the genus Paguritta.

I didntneven think to tweak the lights. I'll have to remember that next time I see it. Thank you

 

[CoralB]

Gives a whole new meaning to live rock :cool: