Decorator Crab Is Literally a WALKING CORAL!!

Reefkeepr1986 · Oct 16, 2014

So I've had my decorator for about two months now and when I got him he was just covered in sand ("looked like a walking ROCK") well now this guy is Covered in Some of my Zoa's,Star polyps and who knows what other corals he been "Fragging", I just can tell what Zoa's colony he has been stealing from because he only comes out at night and honestly I haven't seen him two to three weeks!! So I finally got a pretty good pic of the corals he NATURALLY FRAGGED just wanted to share it!! (None of my mother colonies have seem to be affected by him fragging polyps off of them)!!

I just thought it would be cool to share the pics I took of the "NIGHT BANDIT"!!

d2mini · Oct 16, 2014

Those guys are fun.
I've had a few before.
Check out this little baby guy I had for a short while.
He was no bigger than an eraser on the tip of a pencil!

Hanging out on a sponge

Climbing on macro algae and grabbing a tentacle from a purple urchin.

juggalogentry · Oct 16, 2014

we need to take some frag tips from that guy

ptreef · Oct 16, 2014

they are cool, but eventually can get annoying!

Reefkeepr1986 · Oct 17, 2014

D2mini wow that's a MINI one and awesome!! Too bad he didn't stick around for long!!
And my decorator Crab doesn't bother me as long as he stays away from my Acros!! But as far as him "Fragging" the softies I'm cool with it!! He's like my own personal Natural Fragger because after a while I end up finding either Zoa polyps or Star polyps on the sand bed and I grab the frags and glue them to my plugs!! Here's pics of some of the frags he cut and I found!!

SantaMonicaHelp · Oct 17, 2014

Great pics! looking forward to seeing a picture of the bandit 1smile1

Reefkeepr1986 · Oct 17, 2014

Thanks Santamonica!! it is tuff getting a pic. Of this guy with the corals on him opened but I will get him sooner or later!! He never comes out during light hours!!