Teddy Bear Crab, HELP!

mjheath

mjheath

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I have captured what I believe to be a Teddy Bear Crab in my tank. I have a newly set up 24 gallon nano-cube and I think he came in with my live rock.
Does anybody know what the behaviours of this crab are? I caught him "stalking" one of my hermit crabs. When he got close to it the hermit crab jumped on top of the (I think it's a) Teddy Bear crab. They didn't fight, but after 3 or 4 seconds on top of one another, they went on their way.
Also this little fellow is active at night, if that helps in any way. The fellow is TINY! About the size of a large Pea. Fuzzy (denotes night time activity) and looks a lot like the teddy bear crab picture on this site.
Will he eat my other inverts? How big will he get?
Help!
 
bocfuss

bocfuss

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Does he have Black pointy claws, or cupped claws, thats the best way for me to tell them apart. I have an emerald crab that is young and small, he is completely red and white. Weird.
 
mjheath

mjheath

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Sorry, I don’t have any good pics. But he looks pretty much exactly like the teddy bear crab for sale on this site. Also it’s pretty hard to get a great look at him since he is sooo small.
He doesn’t have black claws at all. But they are kind of pointy. Both claws are similar to each other, one isn’t bigger than the other.
Cupped? What do you mean?
And this guy is furry? He was more whitish, but now that I have quarantined him, I think that might have been sand on him a little, or reflected light. Because by himself he is a little more tannish.
Will see if my girlfriend can get some pictures. The ones I took were very blurry…
 
earlybird

earlybird

Active Member
Cupped means the curve inward as opposed to pointing outward. When in doubt take it out. If you have a sump or a QT throw him in there until you can bring it to your local fish store. They'll take it and possibly offer you some credit. If you don't have anywhere to put him in a tupperware container with some holes cut out and keep him in your tank for the meantime.
 
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