Mysterious Blue Crab

reeferboi6888

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Well the last time i was at my lfs the owner told me about this type of crab but it just came in as "blue crab" it is small about the size of a quarter, blue, kinda fuzzy, filter feeder and hops around the tank. does anybody know what these are and if they are reef safe


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hey i have one of those in my tank! it hitched a ride on a zoo frag or something and ive been trying to figure out what the hell it is ever since. Unfortunately i cant get a picture becuase it only makes itself visible at night and any attempt at getting a good shot fails, just a little bigger than a quarter, hes only slightly fuzzy, but dark blue/violet and has some white dots on him, bright red eyes, and definitly a filter feeder, its pretty cool watching him feed, he kinda waddles out and maybe sifts through some detritus and then sticks out his filter feeding arms. Have not noticed any aggressiveness at all towards corals except he did knock over a ricordia frag one night, that was an akward/confused morning....
 
I think I have the same kind of crab in my tank. My tank is less than a week old and it must have came on my new liverock. The one in my tank appears to be a little larger than your's but basically sounds the same; blue w/ small white spots, red eyes. I haven't been able to see it's claws yet so I'm not positive if it's a filter feeder or not. It has dug out some space beneath a few of my larger liverock pieces and made home there underneath. I have yet to see it appear fully, but based on the sand it looks active at night. I have only caught a glimpse of it through a hole in the liverock. If I get a picture of it I will surely post it.
 
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