Spider Decorator Crab Emerges

[the curious]

I moved a few rocks around in the tank a couple nights ago, to make room for new Expo corals :up:. After the lights had gone out I glanced over to make sure all still looked well, and there is the big ol' scary SOB I almost forgot I purchased. I got him a month or so ago from SEA Atlanta, and he immediately disappeared into the rock-work. I figured I'd never see him again...but here he is. he has definitely added a few pieces of red macro to himself from my tank since I introduced him. He hasn't gotten any of my bright orange sponge yet though...I have my fingers crossed that he will soon.
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[jimmystephens]

Thats cool

 

[lizzbrownn]

Awesome!! Hey btw, the candycane I got from you is doing great!!

 

[saltloco]

That's too funny. Those guys crack me up. Think they're under cover.

 

[the curious]

Lizzbrownn;864456 wrote: Awesome!! Hey btw, the candycane I got from you is doing great!!

Glad to hear it. The frogspawn I got from you is doing awesome too...It has gotten big.

Yeah...they might be super camouflage in the wild...but not in a tank with black substrate.

 

[jdavid]

that is so cool.

I will never forget a long time ago Rit had a crab walking around his tanks with zoanthids all over him. I have asked and asked but nobody knows a crab that will do this. It wasn't one of the spider crabs, I'm pretty sure.

 

[the curious]

JDavid;864625 wrote: that is so cool.

I will never forget a long time ago Rit had a crab walking around his tanks with zoanthids all over him. I have asked and asked but nobody knows a crab that will do this. It wasn't one of the spider crabs, I'm pretty sure.

I saw a snail at Rit's with a cool, inch long, red macro algae growing off it a bit over a year ago. Maybe Rit is mistaking frag plugs for snails and crabs :huh:...OK...probably not. Or maybe he has a decorator crab that thinks his tank-mates are looking a lil dull .

 

[jdavid]

lol. I guess if that's all there is, they will use it