crab spoted

[deep6er]

I picked up these 2 acro collonys the other day. put them in my quarantine tank just in case. I was looking at the polyp extension today and spoted 3 crabs within the branches. 2 were on one peice fighting for space and 1 one on the other peice chillin. I was able to get 1 off, its small only about 1/2 a dime
they dont seem to be doing any damage, should i kill them?

 

[newnano]

hold off on deep 6ing them till you get a response. im not sure. i have seen a lot of people get sps colonies with crabs and they are cool.

 

[deep6er]

yes they look realy cool. im going to google search and see what i can find

 

[newnano]

a lot of times they willl never leave the colony

 

[kpk]

Looks like an acro crab to me. They actually keep the coral clean of algae and detritus if I remember right...

 

[deep6er]

yes, its a acro crab and they are ok to be in with the acro
http://www.reefcorner.com/SpecimenSheets/acrocrab.htm