Was looking at my tank last night and saw that i have a hitch hiking crab, its a little smaller than a quarter and has white spots as it looks on arms. I know that's not a lot to go on but ill try and get a picture of it (although everytime i'd shine the moonlight on it it'd crawl back into a hole). I'll try to find a pic on google or something to give a better idea.
Crab ID (no pics yet unfortunately)
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This isnt the crab that i saw at night i found this little bugger eating my pink birds nest coral >=[
curious as to what it is, im thinking its a small teddy bear crab?
sorry for the glare on the picture, couldnt see it with the lighting i had at the time and was too dark without the flash on
curious as to what it is, im thinking its a small teddy bear crab?
sorry for the glare on the picture, couldnt see it with the lighting i had at the time and was too dark without the flash on
looks like;
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.
Pulled frome http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchcrabs.html bottom of the page.
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.
Pulled frome http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchcrabs.html bottom of the page.
he was eating the polyps off of the pink birds nest coral more than just a few polyps here and there, almost took down a whole small branch. hopefully i can snag pics of the other crab that i havnt seen in awhile doesnt seem to be doing anything just comes out at night.
I had one of these run out of my LR about 4 months ago...havent seen him since.
This was during the harlequin tusk period though, so he probably went the way of the Dodo. Hope your crab problem gets resolved soon.
This was during the harlequin tusk period though, so he probably went the way of the Dodo. Hope your crab problem gets resolved soon.
One of the 2 big crabs in the tank that were hitchers died, doesnt look like anything on Chucks Addiction :S i caught the other one, its a Xanthid crab here are some pics
Dont know how to go about "disposing" him, so i was wondering if i could just throw him in the sump? dont have alot of stacked live rock, mostly just big chunks here and there so dont have to worry about anything collapsing.
Dont know how to go about "disposing" him, so i was wondering if i could just throw him in the sump? dont have alot of stacked live rock, mostly just big chunks here and there so dont have to worry about anything collapsing.