two hitchiker crabs--id on one possible?

renogaw

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I'm sure the black one is no good, i got it from someone's tank and it was in there for a few years. now residing in my fuge :)

i'm sure it's just some rock crab or something. the other looks like a gorilla, but also a teddy bear....

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Great pics, I have one of the little red eye'd guys in my sump. He was found pretty tiny in my 24g aquapod (about a year after anything new was added none the less) and has grown substantially since moving into my sump. Never caused any damage I know of in my aquapod while he was in there, and an interesting side note I added some halmidia to my sump and within days it was GONE, I'm assuming he ate it since it was looking perfectly healthy. Cheato he doesn't seem to bother (at least not enough that I notice) so I'm leaning to thinking he's a algae eater although he sure looks menacing.
 
Top one is a teddy bear crab from the looks of it. Bottom not to sure. Both are not reef safe. Put them in your sump, don't kill them. What state are you in? If close to me I will take them off your hands.
 
perfect sizes Lora

perfect sizes Lora

They are perfect sizes. The "vats" as I like to call them are actually about 4 gallons. I have been setting up rocks for them the last week. I also have two small LED screw in bulbs to give a little light to see them by without cooking them. The room is lite enough to grow the macro cultures during the day. The caves will give them cover from the light at daytime.
 
odd, i could swear that teddy bears were reef safe, but he's enjoying life in the sump so i'll just keep him there.

james, i'm not sure what you're talking about
 
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