Acro crab? Or ??

[newfly]

Pretty cute but should I be worried?

 

[tribbitt]

Does not look like an acro crab to me. Lacks the smooth carapace and black visor

Is very cute, but could nibble on your coral.

 

[newfly]

Not easy to remove this little crab. I dip in coral Rx , not sure it will do anything. It hide inside the coral really well.

Other option is to cut up the colony to get to the crab. I’ll monitor it for the time being

Any suggestions?

 

[dangalang]

Not easy to remove this little crab. I dip in coral Rx , not sure it will do anything. It hide inside the coral really well.

Other option is to cut up the colony to get to the crab. I’ll monitor it for the time being

Any suggestions?

Try dipping in potassium chloride?

 

[psidriven]

Bayer dip will definitely kill anything moving. Use at your own risk.

 

[tribbitt]

If you care about keeping the lil guy alive (maybe as a sump pet), I would pull the colony and use tongs to chase him to the outside edge of the colony. Once he's clinging to the outside, you can grab him relatively easily - grab and pull him, gently but firmly, away from the gaps in the branches

If not, there are a plethora of dips that will lead to his demise

I kept one alive in a cup for a while. Water change whenever, top up when it gets bad, and he lived on TDO pellet and lived for a few months, molting a couple times, before I went on trip...

 

[newfly]

If you care about keeping the lil guy alive (maybe as a sump pet), I would pull the colony and use tongs to chase him to the outside edge of the colony. Once he's clinging to the outside, you can grab him relatively easily - grab and pull him, gently but firmly, away from the gaps in the branches

If not, there are a plethora of dips that will lead to his demise

I kept one alive in a cup for a while. Water change whenever, top up when it gets bad, and he lived on TDO pellet and lived for a few months, molting a couple times, before I went on trip...

I tried to pull him out but failed. Almost got him. Now he is hiding deep inside and I don’t see him anymore . Sucks

 

[tribbitt]

Well, if you get tired of trying there's always dips.
Bayer rebranded to "BioAdvanced". Not sure if the formulation changed

 

[newfly]

I’m afraid of aggressive dip as this is a mariculture acro , which I assume is more sensitive.

I’ll just monitor it for now. The coral is not happy getting dip and poke ! There are some section that’s have no flesh, but it’s not on the expose side , so I suspect it’s just shading. Hopefully