Crabs ?

I have two crabs that were sent to me as extras when i ordered my rock and sand . When my tank seetles out i want to add corals my question is should I evict the crabs first . The one big ugly one ( Decorater Crab ) is always on the go and kinda neat but dose stop by and mess with the feather duster and the pointed one dose not seem to bother anything yet . I think I know the answer ( get rid of them ) but they are kinda neat to watch . Thanks for the help

 

I have a Sally Light and she is always carefully to dance around my zoa's. Hasn't bothered them at all. That's just her though, you may have a completely different experience with yours. My advice would be to watch them. They probably won't do too much damage too fast. Any signs of trouble, yard them out of there and/or banish to your fuge.

 

Crab

This is one of them

 

decorators are known to cut small pieces of some corals off and stick them to their back, how they can get stuff to stick to themselves in a matter of seconds is kind of scary

 

Crab 2

 

Crab 2

The crab with the green stuff molted right off the git go and stuck the green stuff on his back with in a half hour ! He is shaped like a big A it's kinda hard to see with the stuff he loaded up with .

 

Come to think of it, that decorator is a different kettle of fish. He will snip things to put on his back. So you may want to get rid of him. Not sure about the point one. Have a pic?

 

Don't like crabs, don't trust them, except for small hermits and when on dinner plate.

But that decorator crab is pretty neat. I might be inclined to keep it, but at the first sign of any depredation on either corals, other crabs/snails etc. Out it comes.



:-/

 

Wow, they are pretty cool saw a couple at my LFS with some zoas on their back, and a little toadstool was thinking of buying the 10 dollar sucker and stealing his loot

 

Brilliant Aqua! Take one to your LFS and drop him in desired tank. Show up next day and offer to buy him. Giggle as LFS guy scratches his head, "How'd he get in there?"

LOL!