Porcelain crab

[Leedowlrods]

My porcelain crab has turned brown, is this the norm?

 

[Bectan01]

He looks like he's got cyno! Sometimes if the algae in my tank build up it moves into snails, I usually try and get on top algae outbreaks as soon as possible...

 

[Sniperhank]

It looks fine to me. I've had porcelain crabs that look just like that, not all of them have the red.

 

[Leedowlrods]

Ok thanks for the help, he seems to be fine active and brown

 

[Ga1981]

What is the red from?

I got the same on my snails and hermit crabs shell,but I never worried about it...

 

[Sniperhank]

My snails and hermits shells are covered in red algae. But there are literally porcelain crabs that come in white/red carapace. I'd get a shot at mine if it was near view, but him and my anemone live in the back of the tank.

 

[Ga1981]

I don't have crab,they look nice, are they any dangerous for reef tank?

 

[Sniperhank]

Extremely reef friendly. Will clean stuff up, but mainly filter feeders. There is also an anemone porcelain crab, what I have in my tank, that lives in an anemone eating the slime off of it, supposedly, and filter feeding. Cool symbiotic relationship.

 

[Ga1981]

My snails and hermits shells are covered in red algae. But there are literally porcelain crabs that come in white/red carapace. I'd get a shot at mine if it was near view, but him and my anemone live in the back of the tank.

That crab you got is rally nice,
Even your nem.
How many anemone you have in the tank?

 

[Sniperhank]

2, 1 bubble tip and 1 carpet. Had another bubble tip, but traded it for 50 dollars worth of pods.

 

[Ga1981]

I have 2 bubble tip

But one of them last 2 monts open just a little, and open more when the light go off

 

[Leedowlrods]

Update to the stat of this thread...

Porcelain crab has moulted and is now back to normal (white with small brown spots)