Hairy Crab in our New Tank

[Money pit]

Sacrifice him to the porcelain god.
If it has red eyes its bad, if it doesn't its probably bad.

[MMAX]

Originally Posted by Money pit

Sacrifice him to the porcelain god.
If it has red eyes its bad, if it doesn't its probably bad.

That being said, crabs seem to have their own personalities. We've all heard about the so called "reef safe" hermits and emerald crabs eating corals. When I first started I found the same kind of brown hairy crab in my rock. Everyone said to get rid of it but he was a model citizen. Never ate anything he wasn't supposed to, even became tame enough to take pellets from my fingers. I'm glad I didn't kill him and was a bit sad when I found him dead one morning.

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by Money pit

Sacrifice him to the porcelain god.
If it has red eyes its bad, if it doesn't its probably bad.

Yup. Flush it or take it to the LFS. They feed them to triggers.

Hairy crabs are bad.

[NewSalty]

Ok. What about the other non hairy crab that is grey in color and is more rounded in shape, that I posted a pic of? Can't seem to get a good enough one of him as he won't come our very far from his hole.

[BlueTang<3]

That ones looks like an http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...628&pcatid=628

[NewSalty]

Guess what? We found another hairy crab. We took the rock out to wash him out and the rock smells like fish. It's quite gross. In that rock we also found this....!!!! What the heck is it? It's tiny and in the rock and almost looks like it has a mouth like a venus fly trap. Weird.

[bignose]

looks like a small clam.