Tiny tiny crab on kp live rock

[Reef man 89]

Looking for an id on this kind of crab. Have had this rock for 4 months and I am still find new critters all the time.

 

[sunken3]

picture isnt showing anything

 

[Reef man 89]

I Couldn’t get video to work so here some screen shots

 

[sunken3]

is the fan in front of him (2nd pic) part of him or the rock?

 

[Reef man 89]

That’s part of him is keeps opening and closing it was pretty cool to watch. Wish I could of got the video to work and then you could see it in action

 

[hds4216]

All, the video should work if you download it.

 

[Reef man 89]

There like 2 praying mantis arms. It’s on my phone and can’t figure out how to upload it to here. Don’t have a computer

 

[TankCandy]

Looks like it is doing a great job eating the algae. Unfortunately I cannot ID it.

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Looks like a type of porcelain crab. Does he look similar to my little guy below? He came from some KP rock.

Edit: just realized the pic is kinda small in size. Google porcelain crab and look at the pics. They have fans they use to filter feed.

 

[Reef man 89]

Oh yeah he was definitely going to town on the rocks. I tried looking up different species of crabs from the gulf but couldn’t find any that was similar.

 

[Reef man 89]

Looks like a type of porcelain crab. Does he look similar to my little guy below? He came from some KP rock.

Yea the claws look huge when tucked close to his body. When I mean he small he is tiny about half the size of a dime

 

[sfin52]

Looking for an id on this kind of crab. Have had this rock for 4 months and I am still find new critters all the time.

If you download to you tube you can copy link here. Works like a champ

 

[Reef man 89]

If you download to you tube you can copy link here. Works like a champ

This might work

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Yea the claws look huge when tucked close to his body. When I mean he small he is tiny about half the size of a dime

My guy is 3 years in my care and only about the size of a quarter lol. He is a white porcelain crab.

Them and greens are in the gulf. There is also a red spotted one that is awesome looking.

 

[Eagle_Steve]

This might work

Green porcelain crab. Google that and compare pics. Looks a ton like one.

 

[Reef man 89]

Green porcelain crab. Google that and compare pics. Looks a ton like one.

Yea definitely. The mouth arms are awesome and never seen that before. I look at my tank every night after lights go out and the stuff you see that you will never see when the light are on is just incredible

 

[vetteguy53081]

Its a porcelain Crab is common in many waters and has a flat, round body with two large front claws. These crabs have a pair of front arms called maxillipeds, which have ends that are feather-like in appearance. They use these appendages to filter the water for any passing food. They are peaceful and interesting invertebrates for the marine aquarium.
Porcelain Crabs live together in pairs typically found within or under rocks in nature. The ideal setting should have plenty of live rock for both hiding and feeding, and will not contain any fish or invertebrates that may bring harm as they are very peaceful invertebrates. They are reef safe, and will not harm other invertebrates or corals.
The Porcelain Crab constantly filters the water for planktonic food, but will also scavenge for larger meaty portions. Offer the crab small bits of fish, shrimp or meaty food,

 

[Reef man 89]

Its a porcelain Crab is common in many waters and has a flat, round body with two large front claws. These crabs have a pair of front arms called maxillipeds, which have ends that are feather-like in appearance. They use these appendages to filter the water for any passing food. They are peaceful and interesting invertebrates for the marine aquarium.
Porcelain Crabs live together in pairs typically found within or under rocks in nature. The ideal setting should have plenty of live rock for both hiding and feeding, and will not contain any fish or invertebrates that may bring harm as they are very peaceful invertebrates. They are reef safe, and will not harm other invertebrates or corals.
The Porcelain Crab constantly filters the water for planktonic food, but will also scavenge for larger meaty portions. Offer the crab small bits of fish, shrimp or meaty food,

Thank you for the info on this little guy. He has 60lbs of all live rock to scavenge in. Those mexillipeds are so awesome to watch. I hope he has a friend in there somewhere.
thank you again

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Yea definitely. The mouth arms are awesome and never seen that before. I look at my tank every night after lights go out and the stuff you see that you will never see when the light are on is just incredible

You will find all kinds of things. I get KP rock a few times a year and have gotten loads of things. I do qt my rock and set traps, but nothing gets killed. It just may not go in the tank I want to put the rock in lol.