Do I eat Zoos?

[Dwarfpufferfish]

After many nights dipping my zoos thinking I might have a nudi infection and finding none, I saw something hiding in the live rock. I used the glass trap method and yanked him out. Is this a zoanthids eater?

I have done some research and found that most crabs that look like this are called gorilla crabs, but it seems they attach that name to any crab that is mean looking! LOL... Anyway, I have him isolated in the sump now.

 

[Jayreefer]

If it is a crab then it doesn't belong in a reef. Also look at those big claws. They have to be that big so her can rip apart what ever he wants.

 

[Ladipyg]

I've always heard hairy is bad, if true, you got one BAD A@@ there.

 

[Dwarfpufferfish]

He does look pretty mean. I wish I had a small tank with a mantis in it, that would be a good battle! LOL

 

[coralfarm123]

That crab, as well as most other hitchhiker crabs, will eat zoanthids, other corals, and pretty much anything they can catch.

 

[71raw]

thats some meaty claws, i think thats a gurilla crab. if it is ,it's not reef safe.

 

[mfinn]

While zoanthids may not be the preferred diet of that crab, it will most likely learn to eat them.
I have found in the past that my yumas were the first to disappear, when I knew there was a crab in my tank that refused to be caught.