Keep or kill this crab in my milli?

[ca2or]

Found this dude in a new milli I got and don't know what to do with him.....he never leaves the milli

 

[cdness]

acro crab, they are good crabs.

 

[Brianscardoc]

Keep him.

 

[Paul_N]

keep em. Looks really cool also. Are those eyes blue?

 

[xcorallusx]

might be a good idea to remove him since the coral is pretty bleached and when it recovers add him back.

 

[ingtar_shinowa]

That's a Cymo andreossyi not a commensal crab. I would ditch him because it feeds off polyps but they aren't technically the worst thing to have. Here is some info.

Coral Crabs

 

[reeferman]

yeah,ditch him,hes a polyp eater.good acro crabs have a band across their eyes.

 

[Jlax132]

Good ones are also white to light blue or light pink. Furry and brown are USUALLY(nothings definite) polyp eaters.

 

[joker295]

yea he likes coral.. put him in your sump

 

[Nicks387]

I have 2 of them just like him living in one of my acro colonies, and if they are eating polyps, I cant notice and its not bothering the coral one bit. Acro's color is great, polyp extention is great and it grows fast. So I say keep him. Even if he eats a polyp here and there, it will not be anything you will ever notice. The 2 I have stay in the acro all the time. I have had them for about a year.

 

[ca2or]

yea he likes coral.. put him in your sump

No sump....so he I think there is only one fate for him

 

[jb0187]

keep him or sell it to me

 

[Nicks387]

Heres the part that says basically that they may eat a polyp here and there, but they still do the acro a service and help keep it healthy.

Cymo andreossyi : Very common and is considered a coral symbiont, with the caveat that such symbiosis are a trade off between the coral and the crab, the coral gains protection and house cleaning services while giving up a few polyps, mucus and captured/settled food particles in exhange for those services. A healthy coral should have no problem repairing or replacing lost polyps, but again, in an aquarium environment, an eye should be kept on the coral for excessive damage being done due to the coral being unable to recover as fast or faster than the damage being done by the crab. In short, its a judgement call that you will have to make.

 

[dmatt88]

Acro crabs! Perfect. Keep him where he lies!

........milli's hate me.

 

[Nicks387]

Like I said, I have 2 in a baseball size colony, and they have done absolutely no visible damage to the coral in over a year in it.

 

[PokyReefs]

its sixes, Keep it enjoy the uniqueness of it and a few less polyps, or Yank it and not worry about it..

 

[Chameleon]

i dont keep the blue eyes....

 

[Troylee]

I had one in a wild Millie I bought, I saved him from the dip and he turned on me and destroyed the Millie... I would flush him personally... Blue or red eyes are devils hah...

 

[smallfish]

it's a keeper