Hairy, mottled crab with less-than-massive claws

Tired · Mar 1, 2023

Originally I was going to send this to a nice farm upstate with the rest of the gorilla-style crabs, but I noticed its claws are slightly different. Is this another eats-everything crab like the gorillas, or is it more of a may-eat-things crab like mithrax crabs are?
How likely do we think this would be to eat mushroom corals and to kill smaller inverts? I'm trying to decide if I want to put it in a little mushroom lagoon pico setup, or send it to the farm alongside the gorillas.

vaguelyreeflike · Mar 1, 2023

If he’s unfriendly towards your corals, could always make a nice addition to a sump or refugium if you have one. Chuck a bit of food down for it occasionally and dont do your top ups directly in his section of the sump

Tired · Mar 1, 2023

I have a HOB 'fuge, but it's currently occupied by a gorilla crab that would probably kill him. And I'm mainly concerned that he'd kill the unknown black crab, which I can't replace as easily as I could a mushroom coral.

vetteguy53081 · Mar 1, 2023

Tired said:
Originally I was going to send this to a nice farm upstate with the rest of the gorilla-style crabs, but I noticed its claws are slightly different. Is this another eats-everything crab like the gorillas, or is it more of a may-eat-things crab like mithrax crabs are?
How likely do we think this would be to eat mushroom corals and to kill smaller inverts? I'm trying to decide if I want to put it in a little mushroom lagoon pico setup, or send it to the farm alongside the gorillas.

Appears to be either a decorator crab or Hilo collector crab but need better angle in pics

Tired · Mar 1, 2023

What angle do you need?

It's definitely neither of those. Pretty standard bulky, hairy crab shape, not the teardrop body that decorator and collector crabs have.