Hairy crab in acro ID pleade

[Darbna]

can anyone tell what this guy is? Reef safe or no. Has been residing in strawberry shortcake acro for a little while now.

 

[skybears]

Black pointy claws. I'm pretty sure it was bad

 

[Salty1962]

Looks like a Mithraculus species. Which one I don't know. Are the claws flat on the tips? If it is a Mithraculus species, it will eat mainly on algae but they are opportunistic feeders so keep an eye on it. When my algae was running low I fed them pieces of nori.

 

[Ick_Magnet]

I'd remove the little guy. I've had several that look the same and most were harmless. Then there was one that seemed to damage my coral.
When in doubt kill it!