White hairy crab?

[roka64]

Pat...that's food in a tilted glass..lol (not laughing at ya), so they climb in, fall to the bottom and can't get back out.

[SemperSaint]

I've seen him a couple of times kinda grazing on algae on the live rock. He's very small, only about the size of a nickel.

[pat8you]

Haha oops. what he says. I would still consider trying to get it out. Just not the way i explained. LOL

[Innovator]

I am envisioning the crab and have seen them plenty of times before: hairy, white, crabby XD I have never witnessed them doing any harm, but I don't trust them worth a lick either. If it's the one I'm thinking of, it'd actually make a nice dedicated nano animal because they are quite beautiful, even tarantula-esc

[smooth]

I suggest getting him out ASAP. I have been battling a similar pest for over 3 years now. He's cleaned out my tank 3-4 times in excess of a few thousand dollars of livestock. I always thought I had a mantis shrimp, but I just saw him for the first time last week (assuming I don't have a mantis shrimp AND this hairy crab o.O). I think he ventured out for the first time because it's been over a year where I've not put anything in the tank and just let it sit. So now he's hungry and roaming.

He's also quite strong. I put a feeding stick down by the rock he hides under and I had to have a tug-o-war with him to get it back! I thought he might be a mantis shrimp because I used to hear occasional clicking in the rocks. So either I have both or this crab is unusual.

[juice28]

Im not a pro but it almost sounds like a spider decorator crab, I have one and he is about the size of a tarantula lol but you never see him unless he is moving around other than that he just sits curled up with pieces of trash and sponges all over his body. I havent had a problem with him attacking anything or bugging anything but i actually spot feed him every few days too...did it look like this

[Drewbie]

thats freaking crazy and even more crazy you target feed yours....

WTH man stab that thing

[juice28]

Originally Posted by Drewbie

thats freaking crazy and even more crazy you target feed yours....

WTH man stab that thing

lol yea every now and then I'll give him a little chunk of shrimp, that picture is actually kind of old, he has sponges and algae and a piece of my star polyps on him lol he really looks like a small piece of LR but he doesnt bother anything. my mandarin swims all over him and actually picks the pods off of him.. the only thing that he seems to not like is my green serpent star.. but i plan on getting rid of him (the star) he is like the craken! he ate my other spiny brittle star a couple days ago...i found out after I got him that the green serpent star's are the most...non reef safe if you will of the serpent stars