What kind of coral is this on the crab shell?

[e_murray]

What kind of coral is this on the crab shell? Some guy I bought a fish from gave him to me and I don't know what it is. Do I need to feed it anything?

 

[joy13]

Decorator crab?

 

[Sqasnatch]

Bling crab. Lol

 

[melosu58]

What kind of coral is this on the crab shell?

It`s a button polyp. Hopefully it will fall off and then start growing and colonizing where it falls.

 

[e_murray]

Can I remove it from his shell? He has lots of stuff growing on his shell!

 

[melosu58]

I would not. It will fall off sometime anyway.

 

[Hinds04]

I was thinking anemone hermit...

 

[six2sevenproductions]

Lol i would let that crab roll in style. Its definitely a polyp.

 

[Emelinda76]

Looks so cool...

What kind of crab is that? I

have one in my tank that looks very much like it.... It hides as soon as the lights come on n it kinda camouflages with the LR Without the bonus lol

Light stand: 72 inch Current USA 12x39W Lights: Current T5HO (2)-10kk True lumen T5HO (6)-12kk. Power white Current T5HO (4)-460nm Actinics 220 gallons custom tank

 

[XxVooDooxX]

yeah you dont want to take that off...it IS an anemone crab and naturally has that on his shell

 

[Sqasnatch]

They say they pick them up and put them there purposely

 

[XxVooDooxX]

That they do

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[Hinds04]

I knew it, your welcome for the ID everyone lol

 

[Badfishofbabylon]

I think this is it, this has a little more info for you
Hermit Crab with Anemone