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Old 07-11-2014, 08:54 PM   #1
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ID crab?
Moving some coral in my tank and found this white crab? Good or bad?
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wow he blends in well
looks to me to be a white anemone crab they are harmless
they tend to change color to blend with what ever there hiding in
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Thank you very much, would explain how he as disappeared again .


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camouflage they blend in well
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I don't think it's a porcelain crab/anemone crab, but if it's not harming anything, I'd leave it be. I would say xanthid species.
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Wow did he ever, found him again!


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Thank you, I put him back in the DT.


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