I.d On Weird Looking Crab!!!!!! Please(pics Here)he Is Purple

[philgmiami]

I SEE THIS CRAB COME OUT AT NIGHT.HE IS KINDA PURPLISH/LAVENDER..HE HAS SOME BIG CLAWS..its about the size of a dime..is it good?,bad? will it eat my corals or anything else that is good in my tank? :help:

 

[mandarin w]

I'm not sure about him, But you might want to watch your fingers when you got them in the tank

 

[dut]

Looks a awful lot like a porcelain crab to me.
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11...ot_parent_id=4
If thats what it is then he should be good.

 

[teen]

i think its a porcelain crab. i have one in my tank but i rarely see him.

 

[philgmiami]

thanks

 

[isistius]

you sure it's a crab? from the side it almost looks like a purple reef lobster?!?!?
jmo

 

[ryanhayes9]

thats what i thougt but in the 2 pic its rounded at the back