Beautiful little crab

[Turkey head]

Saw this beautiful little crab at the LFS a few days ago. It was hanging out waiting to be someone's hitchhiker. I assume it's not a reef safe crab. The corals did have blue LEDs on them but the crab looked like it was probably naturally blue.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

It's an acropora crab.

 

[Turkey head]

oh wow! that's so cool. perfect companion then! The ones that looked like that that I looked up online were't blue. Would the LEDs make him that blue or may it have been blue?

 

[KJ]

Would the LEDs make him that blue

Yes.

 

[KJ]

Saw this beautiful little crab at the LFS a few days ago. It was hanging out waiting to be someone's hitchhiker. I assume it's not a reef safe crab. The corals did have blue LEDs on them but the crab looked like it was probably naturally blue.

(Tetralia Nigrolineata)

 

[Turkey head]

still beautiful! just not so blue. thanks

 

[Lionfish Lair]

This was mine. I had to give him up because I bought that coral for food and the poor guy was trying to protect his home from my Orange Spotted Filefish.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Here's one that looks like yours. They can take on different colors.

 

[Turkey head]

Those are great. I didn't know about them. Time to read up.

 

[Salty1962]

Masked Trapezia Crab, very cool! I have 2 of them..