SPS Acro Crabs

[jjpek1]

Do you remove or keep Acro Crabs that hitch-hike with the SPS?

[Guest]

Do you remove or keep Acro Crabs that hitch-hike with the SPS?

These crab are good for the coral, acro crab helps to remove algae on the sps which is food to them.

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[sherman]

They are good crab. But if you don't want them let me know.

I adopt them

[solasido]

The bad one is the hairy one. It eat up the polyp.

I just killed one this week and fed my puffer fish.

[Admiraltian]

I have one that looked like this, can't really tell if its hairy or not. Sorry for the poor photo, pic kinda blur. Is it ok to leave it alone? Never really see it eats the acropora its attached to.

[Admiraltian]

It is dark in color with some orangy spots and patches.

[tropic]

from what I have seen, most those sps cleaning crab they seldom have hairs on them.

[Eric Ng]

so where does these hairy crabs come from?!

[Admiraltian]

so where does these hairy crabs come from?!

They are hitchhikers in the sps that u buy from lfs.

[Admiraltian]

I have one that looked like this, can't really tell if its hairy or not. Sorry for the poor photo, pic kinda blur. Is it ok to leave it alone? Never really see it eats the acropora its attached to.

Anyway i got rid of this little fellow from the acro.

[Eric Ng]

ya sometimes those hairy crabs will eat up acro crabs and live in the acro. i ususally take the entire acro out and use toothpick to flick them out HAHA

[Admiraltian]

ya sometimes those hairy crabs will eat up acro crabs and live in the acro. i ususally take the entire acro out and use toothpick to flick them out HAHA

Ok, I juz used a twister to get it out.

[tamama]

They usually come from the live rocks. When I started my tank some time back, I always catch some hairy crabs at night. They only come out at night. Very frustration sometimes I even took out the rocks for dipping.

Acro crab very easy to recognise as it is a bit orange colour. Hairy crab is brown colour with a bit of short hair. Urs looks like a hairy crab to me.

[bhtteo]

I hate crab too....

[jjpek1]

Past 2 weeks, caught 2 hairy crabs with tweezers; flushed down the toilet

Will keep the 2 white claw Acro crabs hosting the 2 acroporas

[Kelvin81]

I seen only 3 hairy legs which it stick out at night.. cant see its body.. I cant trap it. But I gotten 3 of the rock crab and now in the sump tank.

[reeflex]

Hairy crab is good , they eat left over food.

[bhtteo]

are u sure? i tot they are acro eater?

[David5077]

I have a lot of hairy crab I hate them too... Always make my frag fell cos I never glue my frag