Please identify this creature

[elandjest]

found this creature in my reef tank, always hang around the Pocilopora. Didn't add anything to my tank within 6 month, wonder why I have never seen before

 

[Rogger Castells]

looks like a decorator crab

 

[cubetank]

deco. crab

deco. crab

awesome looking animal. I would take him

 

[elandjest]

Thank you. Do you know if it is reef safe?

 

[Rogger Castells]

DC are scavengers, not fast enough to go after a fish, so they are somehow reef safe, they could be fun to watch, but I personally wouldn't put him in my reef. This is mainly because their natural instinct to camouflage them self with all kinds of debris, which could be your price frag that fell of the plug etc.

 

[cubetank]

fish only tank

fish only tank

its for a fish only tank

 

[Rogger Castells]

In that case he should be fine, they are fun to watch


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