acro crab??

[droinablunt]

so what does an acro crab look like??

do acro crabs only stay in sps or do they live in the rocks also?

if there is a crab in my sps is that bad??


anyways i'll get some pics when i figure out this stupid comp

[mtfatwork]

acro crabs mostly stay in sps, the only time you see them out of sps is when they are moving from one colony to the next, and it will be the closest colony. Not all acro crabs are good, some are bassstards who eat the polyps off your acros so be carefull. The hairy ones are usually bad. Most acro crabs are small with smooth shells and the most common ones are white with a black band across their eyes. Hope it helps

[David Grigor]

they are usually flat crabs to move in and around in the acro colony. Some times red, sometimes white, i'm sure there are lots of different kinds. They will primarily stay in one particular acro but occasionally will move to another colony for a better home. I've never seen one on the rocks. Generally, if the crab is really hair looking legs probably not an acro crab. Most crabs will be harmless to your corals, if large enough they may pinch at fish but that is usually rare too.

If you have acro crabs and want to keep them, quarantining all acros will be a must. If you end up with red bugs in the tank, the treatments will kill the acro crabs so need to use best preventive means possible to keep from get from having to treat your whole tank.

[Fly Guy]

Originally Posted by droinablunt

so what does an acro crab look like??

Here is a kind of crappy pic of the most common kind.......with the black mask......

Ive also got a couple that dont have the mask, but have a light grey back.....smooth shelled still though

[droinablunt]

ya mine is black and has fuz on its legs

i have seen him some times scraping coraline off the rocks.
then today i saw him in my birdsnest so i took it out and shook him into a bucket.

[Fly Guy]

Hairy/fuzzy legs is generally speaking not a good kind