Acro crabs!!

[Wiskey]

Ok, I bought a nearly dead acro from a LFS for $5 (for $5 worth a shot) it only had 2 branches still alive.

When I got it home I noticed it had 2 acro crabs living in it!!!!!!!!!

One is hary with blue eyes (I think this is bad)

The other is White, and I mean white like a dinner plate, with maybe a brown band running around it through it's eyes and as far as I can tell around the whole crab. This one is buried deep in the dead acro and it is hard to tell specifics.

Do you know if the second one is good or bad? Can you conferm the first is bad?

Neither is in my tank yet, because I don't know what they are.

Thanks,
Whiskey

 

[Kent E]

The second sounds like the good one but It's hard to know without a picture.

 

[SeanT]

Second one is a "Bandit Crab"...an acro crab.
Nice score.

My rule for crabs..."If it's hairy it is scary." :lol:

Sean

 

[SeanT]

Does it look like this?
If so it is a "good" crab.

 

[twon8]

i just bought my first acro colony, and it has two acro? crabs, little white guys, look like porcelian crabs. I love accidental beneficial purchases. I will get a picture soon.

 

[twon8]

they look just like that, seant.

 

[SeanT]

:thumbsup:

 

[Wiskey]

That is it SeanT

Bad news, I put it in my tank, in a large stylo to let him hide and my 6 line ripped him out and started ripping leggs off

I stopped 6 line as quick as I could but he lost a number of legs, he ended up in a rock, and I am going to let him hide there.

Soo ****ed,
Thanks for all the help,
Whiskey

 

[clkwrk]

Does this also mean you didn't qt or teat your new $5 acro before it went into your tank. Did you forget I got the acro eating flatworms from a LFS in town . Not sure where though.


Better safe then sorry . Especially if you plan to stock your tank out with sps.

 

[DarkXerox]

Hmm yeah actually thats a neat idea, I think I'm gonna look around for dead/dying colonies with acro crabs and get em. The beneficial ones seem like they really help a lot.