Found a crab chillin on my coral. :)

[drock59]

Just wondering if someone could tell me if this guy is good or bad for the tank? He has been banished to the fuge but if he is ok ill put him back in the main tank.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v630/drock59/Crab.jpg

[rmhuntley]

looks like either an off colored Mithrax or a small "gorilla" crab, if its a mithrax, it could be ok

[Michael7979]

I say keep it in the fuge......

[Lowman]

I would definately get it away from your coral if you didn't buy it just my opinion, it looks like one of those rock crabs, if so it is hella bad

[drock59]

What exactly does hella bad mean? What do these bad crabs do exactly?

He is safely in the fuge but it kind of freaked me out when i saw it last night. I was just cruising for pods and he was firmly latched on to a Stylo.

[Lowman]

they tend to strip polyps off the coral, so really bad so hella bad would be an adjective for very bad

[drock59]

I just lost some polyps on that coral too. Im glad i caught it.

[Michael7979]

Since you caught it doing this at night is another bad sign in my opinion.

[Lowman]

trigger food is the proper use for that crab

[impur]

Yah bad news. Here is what mine did, ripped out all the polyps and started eating the flesh

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/impur/P2210011.jpg

[reefgeek84]

trigger food is the proper use for that crablaugh laugh