Hairy crabs

[WatercolorsGuy]

^ That cracks me up...

Anyway, I know these guys are bad...was just wondering if they had a real name.
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I'm not worried about him right now. He is in my 55 gal FOWLR tank.

 

[cdrewferd]

Bad for coral, probably ok in a FOWLR. I can't remember what they are called. Maybe a Gorilla crab?

 

[09bumblebee]

Drew your right that's their name.

 

[WatercolorsGuy]

That fits!

 

[CRW Reef]

Wow thats a wild looking crab. What makes them bad ?

 

[Haulin Oates]

I know elite will feed it to their mantis shrimp if you take it to them!!! It's a pretty cool show!

 

[Walter White]

I call them "gynacephaherpalides"

 

[daverf]

LOL.

Crazy. I have one of these in my Caribbean LR, didn't know until know what it was until now. I wonder if my porc puffer will eat it with those spiky hairs.

Looks like my rock has been sleeping around, does garlic work for that?

 

[LittleCrabby101]

I used to have a huge one that lived in my nano. He made himself a burrow in a piece of live rock. The pic is kinda blurry but you can see he was a beast. I always knew them as teddy bear crabs. View attachment 10270

 

[WatercolorsGuy]

I may put mine in my sump. Any issues with that?

 

[LittleCrabby101]

I may put mine in my sump. Any issues with that?

It would probably do just fine in a sump. As long as you don't mind your rocks getting trashed. Those little guys have powerful claws and crush rock pieces and dig burrows. Also mine got pretty big! It's body was a little bit bigger then a quarter.