Crab Id please

[KathyC]

First crab I ever found in one of my tanks..good or bad?
He's a tiny bit less than 1/2". Kinda cute as crabs go with pretty green eyes Second pic shows his actual color.
thxs!

 

[prattreef]

As a general rule Hairy=bad crab.

 

[ming]

I 2nd that...bad

 

[MikeyZO]

looks like either a gorilla crab... bad
http://www.horozbina.com/icerik/1720/Gorilla-Crab---Xanthid-crab.html

or a hairy porcelian crab... supposedly reef safe
http://www.horozbina.com/icerik/1503/Hairy-Porcelain-Crab---Porcellana-platycheles.html

 

[KathyC]

Oh crap. Do I have to kill it?
Can it live in my sump & go no place?

 

[prattreef]

sure it can live in the sump.

 

[MikeyZO]

I've read they can be put in the sump

 

[KathyC]

Not to disagree with anyone, but he doesn't look like the pics of Gorilla Crabs I've been researching.
I'd still like to get an ID on him and need to figure out where to put him in the sump that he doesn't end up back in the tank if I move some stray piece of rock...
Happy that I found him though!

 

[KathyC]

looks like either a gorilla crab... bad
http://www.horozbina.com/icerik/1720/Gorilla-Crab---Xanthid-crab.html

or a hairy porcelian crab... supposedly reef safe
http://www.horozbina.com/icerik/1503/Hairy-Porcelain-Crab---Porcellana-platycheles.htmlhttp://www.horozbina.com/icerik/1503/Hairy-Porcelain-Crab---Porcellana-platycheles.htmlhttp://www.horozbina.com/icerik/1503/Hairy-Porcelain-Crab---Porcellana-platycheles.html

Oops!! didn't see these Mikey!
He is definitely the Hairy Porcelian Crab guy

..see, I said he was kinda cute

 

[prattreef]

as a general rule hairy=bad crab

 

[KathyC]

as a general rule hairy=bad crab

Gotcha Randy..he's going into the sump
Just glad I don't have to smoosh him..cause I couldn't!

 

[NYPDFrogman]

that crab will eat your zoos,eat your LPS and eat the base of your SPS
bad crab not reef safe
I had one at a RBTA

feed it to a trigger!!

 

[mray]

Crabs in general are a pain. I had some hermits that would just step on my zoos rather than go around it .

 

[ming]

I think they might be known as acro crabs because they frequently hitch hike on them, but I still don't think its reef safe.

Crabs in general are a pain. I had some hermits that would just step on my zoos rather than go around it .

They will take the most direct route, even if it means climbing over something, to get to their food.
But if you ever get successful in changing their natural instincts, let me know. I got a pretty macro algae I want to put in my display but can't because my tang will eat it. I only want him to eat the nuisance algae. :lol2:

 

[Domboski]

Kinda cute as crabs go with pretty green eyes

lol

Not that it matters any more but it doesn't look like a Hairy Porcelain Crab to me. They have very distinct claws even when small. Your picture looks like he has the usual claws. I vote The Common Hairy Crab (Pilumnus vespertilio).

 

[Dj Orion]

As a general rule Hairy=bad crab.

Arent Emerald Crabs hairy also? And they are supposed to be reef safe right?

 

[ming]

Its a general rule, not an absolute rule
and this isn't an emerald, but yes, they are generally reef safe but can knock things over if its not secure, but sometimes may pick on corals, depending on their personality

 

[prattreef]

Arent Emerald Crabs hairy also? And they are supposed to be reef safe right?

I've never thought of Emerald crabs as hairy, nor have I heard of them referred to in that way.

 

[Dj Orion]

I've never thought of Emerald crabs as hairy, nor have I heard of them referred to in that way.

yeah the ones i have seen have hairy legs,,, maybe they were just males lol

 

[Domboski]

yeah the ones i have seen have hairy legs,,, maybe they were just males lol

LMAO