Any Success with ACRO Crabs?

[Shibaken3]

I saw that Dr.Reef is selling Acro Crab and wanted to find out if people have found any benefits with Acro Crab in a reef tank.

 

[GK3]

I saw that Dr.Reef is selling Acro Crab and wanted to find out if people have found any benefits with Acro Crab in a reef tank.

Love this question. I’ve always been intrigued by these but don’t find them very often. I’ve never seen them at an Lfs in any of the cities I’ve lived. My understanding is the relationship is similar to clown/anenome. Only thing I know about them is the crabs need more than a frag in order to thrive. They don’t do well if put on an acro with only a branch or two.

 

[GK3]

I saw that Dr.Reef is selling Acro Crab and wanted to find out if people have found any benefits with Acro Crab in a reef tank.

Acro crabs?

Does anyone with an sps dominated reef have acro crabs? What are the positives and negatives to having them? All my sps corals are small (1"+) so would an acro crab be bad for small corals? Do they make the coral upset and not have the polyps out where the crab is sitting? Thanks, -Stephen-

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[Swfiend]

I’ve had them on big colonies in the past. They eat or rid the coral of slime buildup and or pests in my experience the colonies with them did better than the ones without but they live down towards the base. They also came in on the colonies when I got them too. Dont know how they would do being transplanted from their colony to a new coral as I don’t know if they prefer a specific type? The ones I had never wandered from their colony and different sps had different crabs