Anemone and crab

[mrpenguin]

I bought this cute little crab that I know nothing about ... the sales person at the store barely spoke any english so I have no idea the name of this crab ... the funny thing is that it goes inside the anemone and the anemone does not eat it .... any idea whats going on here ??

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[garygb]

It's a porcelain anemone crab. Neopetrolisthes ohshimai is the scientific name. They are symbionts of anemones, like your condylactis passiflora.

 

[wicked_NaCl_h2o]

Did the person at the store tell you what to feed your crab?? If not..they like cyclopese, phytoplex and zooplankton.

 

[davocean]

I've been seeing more of these lately and think they're really cool.
I'd love to have one myself, but I'm guessing my maroon would make short change out of it.
Anyone have both?
By the way, nice pic!

 

[Lance M.]

I have one of these in each tank. One of them hosts a rock anemone and my other one hosts a bta along with a pair of Ocellaris clowns. They are VERY cool.

 

[Danny07204]

Cool crab. I have one and he is very active. Good luck with it.

 

[GSMguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11282304#post11282304 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by davocean
I've been seeing more of these lately and think they're really cool.
I'd love to have one myself, but I'm guessing my maroon would make short change out of it.
Anyone have both?
By the way, nice pic!

I had one in my LTA with the maroons she would tail whip it sometimes but it would just ignore her. no problems

 

[mrpenguin]

Here is a very good picture I took this morning, if you look close you can see the little filter things it use to catch food, I never seen this till I looked at the picture, very cool !

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[davocean]

Nice shot!
And thanks for info GSMGUY.
I may get one myself.