Talon Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 Does any one know what kinda crab this is and is he a pest I need to be worried about it know it's a really bad picture my tank is full of micro bubbles from my protein skimer Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 It might be better if you look through some photos here http://chucksaddiction.thefishestate.net/hitchhikers.html as you can see it best, with that pic it will be hard for most to help. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted May 4, 2017 Author Share Posted May 4, 2017 It might be better if you look through some photos here http://chucksaddiction.thefishestate.net/hitchhikers.html as you can see it best, with that pic it will be hard for most to help. Good luck. OK thank u I just got a HOB skimmer and it sends out micro bubbles in to my tank like crazySent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted May 4, 2017 Author Share Posted May 4, 2017 OK thank u I just got a HOB skimmer and it sends out micro bubbles in to my tank like crazySent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using TapatalkI got the little basterd out but I think I killed hem doing so I don't know if these pics help Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasquatch Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 That looks like a tick. Maybe a Zoa spider. Never seen one before.. good call, probably nothing good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate.hobart.1 Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 I don't think I have ever seen a crab like that before... initially I wanted to speculate it was some sort of trapezia crab but that looks more like a bug than a crab to me... ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectra Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 46 minutes ago, nate.hobart.1 said: I don't think I have ever seen a crab like that before... initially I wanted to speculate it was some sort of trapezia crab but that looks more like a bug than a crab to me... ? Its a crab sure isn't no daddy long legs I like the face on the shell and well that means no Bueno to me........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorge Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 Squat lobster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted May 4, 2017 Author Share Posted May 4, 2017 That looks like a tick. Maybe a Zoa spider. Never seen one before.. good call, probably nothing goodI just got some Zoeas the other day on a piece of rubble rock so that makes sense still new to reefing keeping so iam seeing all this for the first time it's still alive I put it in a container with some tank water tell I could get an id on it don't know if I should put it back in my tank just trying to figure out if it's a pest that will eat my coral [emoji47] Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate.hobart.1 Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 Its a crab sure isn't no daddy long legs [emoji6] I like the face on the shell and well that means no Bueno to me...........Haha. I gotcha. I've had numerous hitchihiker crabs over the years. From my experience- fuzzy crabs tend to be the bad guys while smooth shells tend to be pretty mild mannered citizens. Honestly, if it's as teeny tiny as it appears in the picture and you have any wild collected SPS I would guess it's some kind of Acro Trapezia Crab. Those crabs are a MASSIVE boon to sps. They really do a lot of good for fragile or finicky sps corals. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted May 4, 2017 Author Share Posted May 4, 2017 Haha. I gotcha. I've had numerous hitchihiker crabs over the years. From my experience- fuzzy crabs tend to be the bad guys while smooth shells tend to be pretty mild mannered citizens. Honestly, if it's as teeny tiny as it appears in the picture and you have any wild collected SPS I would guess it's some kind of Acro Trapezia Crab. Those crabs are a MASSIVE boon to sps. They really do a lot of good for fragile or finicky sps corals. That's great info it is supper tiny mybe an 1/8" but that might even be pushing it it not Fuzzy and the only reason I saw hem at all is cuse my blue lights picked up the white markings and iam addicted I'm always staring at my tank my wife probably thinks I'm nutsSent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate.hobart.1 Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 To be honest tho- it looks more like a bug than a crab to me. Did it have a pair of claws? If it is a zoa spider that is very bad news. From what I understand they lay their eggs in living zoa polyps- making them exceedingly difficult to eradicate once established in a tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted May 4, 2017 Author Share Posted May 4, 2017 To be honest tho- it looks more like a bug than a crab to me. Did it have a pair of claws? If it is a zoa spider that is very bad news. From what I understand they lay their eggs in living zoa polyps- making them exceedingly difficult to eradicate once established in a tank. Great iam going to have to look tomorrow I think I saw claws but I have to be shere now mybe I will take hem in to premium aquarium tomorrow and ask that where I got the Zoeas now iam paranoid I have had enough issues with the tank and don't need a nother thank u for all the info I don't have anyone I know of close that's in Monmouth Or so this forum has kinda been my life line so to speak Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasquatch Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Found it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 24 minutes ago, Sasquatch said: Found it Nice find! Diet of coral mucous eh? Crazy the kind of specialization one can find in marine life. One complicated ecosystem for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate.hobart.1 Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 That's awesome news tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted May 6, 2017 Author Share Posted May 6, 2017 Thank u guys so much for looking that pic is really close but I don't think it's quite it I did go to premium aquarium and asked the guys that had never seen one and could not find any thang close the picture above is really close though needless to say he did not go back in my tank I had to many what ifs in my head and I did find hem crawling on my green toadstool anyway just wanted to give everyone an up date thank u for all your helpSent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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