intresting crab

[amstar15]

i just recently bought a large colony of green star polyps. When I got hom I noticed a white crab maybe the size of your thumb nail (alittle bigger) dumb me say oh cool and threw him in. over the next day or so I watched to see if he was filtering water. no such deal. i scooped him out last night and threw him in my refugium. what type of crab could it be... and is he going to eat all of my copepods?

 

[blout]

could be a porcelain crab excuse the spelling having a blond moment

 

[ThatDarnDragon]

is it white with brow spots over his back and arms?

I have an anemone porclian crab, and it just hangs out in my mushrooms, blanketing itself. no harm there.

 

[amstar15]

i thought proclian crabs were filter feeders? this crab has two claws. but hey he looked really cool. if I can find him in my refugium I will throw him back in.

 

[Navarre]

It wont kill all your pods. Crabs are opportunistic feeders s o they will get the food where its easiest to find. this usually means detrius ans waste foos/algae in the tank)

 

[amstar15]

so would you throw him in the main tank?

 

[blout]

id get a 100% positive id on him before putting him in your main tank he could be harmless or it could be evil you just dont know

 

[Aquascaper]

This is my porcelain anenome crab:

Does he look anything like that?

 

[amstar15]

yep but mine is more of an albino one. does not have all of those spots yet. could it be because it just went through a molting stag?