Red Coral Crab

[PeterEde]

Came with my live rock. Saw him 4 days ago. Glad to see he's made it to day 6
There's a few clicking sounds. Hopefully no Mantis shrimps I'm yet to see. Although the clicking sounds too loud for this little guy.
Please click to see the video.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

I cant view this video. A red coral crab is a trapezia crab, which is a tiny reef safe crab that live in sps corals, but it doesn't make clicking sounds. You might have a pistol shrimp that you have, they are also tiny and live under rocks and are hard to spot

 

[vetteguy53081]

video does not play.
Either a mantis shrimp or Pistol shrimp
Any still pics under white lighting ?

 

[PeterEde]

Red crab by Peter Ede, on Flickr

video does not play.
Either a mantis shrimp or Pistol shrimp
Any still pics under white lighting ?

sorry was set to private. click should work
Its a red crab.

 

[PeterEde]

I cant view this video. A red coral crab is a trapezia crab, which is a tiny reef safe crab that live in sps corals, but it doesn't make clicking sounds. You might have a pistol shrimp that you have, they are also tiny and live under rocks and are hard to spot

yes I suspect there is a shrimp in there I am yet to see.
but the this is definately a crab in the video

 

[vetteguy53081]

I used video decoder- Red stone crab

 

[ying yang]

I find uploading to YouTube enables everybody to view my videos so that's what method I use,don't forget make sure not private as I did at first as took me weeks to work out what shaitan I had to do to get it off private lol.
Anyway here a few screenshots from video for anyone who wants to zoom in and try id the red crab with black tip claws

 

[Reefing102]

Black Tips and Hairy Legs generally a bad sign. Likely a gorilla crab or similar. Not a good guy

 

[Perthegallon]

OMG HES SO dang CUTE!!!

 

[ying yang]

Few close up of what to me looks like slightly hairy legged and 2 black tipped claws and orange/ red body but could be light making it look slightly orange

 

[BeltedCoyote]

I’m by no means an expert. But that really reminds me of a stone crab…

 

[vetteguy53081]

iTS A RED STONE CRAB- NEEDS TO GO

 

[johnreef]

is it reef safe? got one very similar before from a live rock, it doesnt making clicking sound ,end up find a empty shell on the sand bed month later.

 

[Reefstick555]

He needs an eviction notice. That is a stone crab. Vetteguy53081

On a side note, I had a pistol shrimp in my show tank, and after a year, he ended up in the stomach of my bubble coral. He was cute to watch.

 

[BeltedCoyote]

is it reef safe? got one very similar before from a live rock, it doesnt making clicking sound ,end up find a empty shell on the sand bed month later.

No. Not reef safe. What you found sounds like a molt

@WVNed has a few in his sump. They have destroyed pumps and gutted heaters.

so yeah. Again. No. Not reef safe

 

[Reefstick555]

Impossible to catch the little guy. He was quick! Good luck to you.

 

[Perthegallon]

I have emelred crab traps if you are interested op

 

[Perthegallon]

Impossible to catch the little guy. He was quick! Good luck to you.

 

[Reefstick555]

I hates them!!!

 

[PeterEde]

Seems I maybe in need sooner or later if it's a red stone crab. Still looks like a red coral crab to me but I'm only 6 days into the hobby. So I know ****