What is this

[gleach]

?

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[bribo12]

The algae? Possibly cotton candy or red turf? Hard to tell in the pics


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[coralbandit]

I can't tell what the first pic is at all?
The second could be a coral growing or possibly even coralline algae?
I am leaning more towards a coral by picture,although I said coralline because I grow 'plating' coralline and some look like your pic but red...

 

[gleach]

No its some kind of crab but I can't tell

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[coralbandit]

Decorator spider crab
Decorator Crab - Spider

 

[Laeris]

Burn the house down to keep it from escaping? How does that work in an aquarium?


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[Marty.h]

If it has hairy legs and pointed claws get it out

 

[54seaweed]

can you get a better angle on it that may help better ID , I'm leaning towards a decorator crab from what I can barley make out , and have to agree with Coral Bandit

 

[coralbandit]

If it has hairy legs and pointed claws get it out

^THIS^
Could be a Gorilla crab!!

can you get a better angle on it that may help better ID , I'm leaning towards a decorator crab from what I can barley make out , and have to agree with Coral Bandit

It camo'd so good and the pointed face lead me that way...

I didn't even think gorilla though!?

 

[gleach]

After some looking I believe it is a species of pistol shrimp. I purchased some type of watchman gobi and was given the rock that he was living in. I believe the creature was on the rock as well and that is why I noticed him now. Does that seem like a possibility?

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[Marty.h]

You heard any loud clicking from the tank ?

 

[gleach]

Not yet but I haven't been paying attention lately I've been very buisy with work but I will dedicated more time this weekend.

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[gleach]

No clicking sounds still.

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[Khuligirl93]

Looks like a decorator crab to me. I just got rid of mine because I caught him eating my acans at night. They're kinda slow and clumsy and very nocturnal. Their body is an orange color but they'll pluck off your soft corals and put them on its back to attempt to camouflage. Does he have zoanthids on his back?

Pistol shrimp are very quick and agile (you would be lucky to get a picture of one) and stay on the bottom of your tank in the sand, and you will see little piles of sand from burrows it creates with entrances under the edges of your rock.


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[Khuligirl93]

This is what mine looked like
http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums...7-10DA-42A5-BF3E-33D26FFCCD95_zpsztsuihov.jpg


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[gleach]

Not a pistol shrimp. I never see more than just it's head usually he is hiding under my mushrooms. I haven't seen it im a while. The head looks similar to what you showed me though.

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[gleach]

Best I could get

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[Ricksreef]

Looks like a decorator crab. Good for spreading your corals throughout your tank,but not completely reef safe.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=497+501+627&pcatid=627


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