Weird pitho crab behavior?

[jrmailo]

I have a pitho crab that likes to sit on top of the rock work on his hind legs trying to punch fishes. He’s been doing this for a couple of days now. None of my fish are harassing him and It doesn’t look like he’s trying to defend himself. He seems to be the aggressor here.

None of my other crabs are doing this. They’re all grazing algae like normal.

Any idea what’s going on?

 

[jrmailo]

 

[daikaijureefer]

Any updates on your crab?

 

[MegabiteOG]

That’s usually just a defensive posture whether the fish are bothering it or not because it’s exposed where it wants to be.

 

[jrmailo]

Any updates on your crab?

He’s still doing it lol

 

[LabyrinthCorals]

Mine does this when hes trying to grab food out of the water column... not sure if thats the case here though

 

[jrmailo]

That’s usually just a defensive posture whether the fish are bothering it or not because it’s exposed where it wants to be.

Mine does this when hes trying to grab food out of the water column... not sure if thats the case here though

Whatever he’s doing, he’s continuing to expose himself at the most visible spots in the tank. He would be dead within an hour in my other tank with wrasses and tusk…

 

[jrmailo]

He does it in the middle of night too

 

[jrmailo]

Yea

 

[daikaijureefer]

This is cracking me up I hope your crab is ok

 

[jrmailo]

This is cracking me up I hope your crab is ok

All hail the crab god!

 

[rayadog]

Crab might be a visionary, let him cook. Maybe that’s how it looked for the first person trying to ride a horse.

 

[JoJosReef]

All hail the crab god!

Was about to say, enjoy the theatrics! Move aside, new centerpiece in the tank!