crab with a anemone on top?
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hairtrigger
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There are two types of crabs this could fall under. Unfortunately, I cant remember their names off the top of my head. And I dont have time to look it up. 
WAIT... one of them is a decorator crab. It takes pieces of corals, sand, maybe even small anenomes and "camoflauges" itself with them. Moves around the tank like that. Then there is a "boxing crab" or something like that. It has two small anenomes on it's main claws I believe. Makes the claws look like boxing gloves. But, Im not sure whether the crab "comes with" the anenomes, or it has to find them.
The only real drawback to decorators, I hear, is that they harass your corals by picking at them. That's about it if Im not mistaken.
WAIT... one of them is a decorator crab. It takes pieces of corals, sand, maybe even small anenomes and "camoflauges" itself with them. Moves around the tank like that. Then there is a "boxing crab" or something like that. It has two small anenomes on it's main claws I believe. Makes the claws look like boxing gloves. But, Im not sure whether the crab "comes with" the anenomes, or it has to find them. The only real drawback to decorators, I hear, is that they harass your corals by picking at them. That's about it if Im not mistaken.
clarkiiboi
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I've seen crabs with small anenomes on their shell (stupidly named crab with anenome at the LFS), that's what you mean right? Not sure how it works when they change to a bigger shell. I dont know much, I stay away from crabs in my tank. A bump for ya though.