white crab hitchhiker help!

[sh2000]

I found the white crab in my xenia wild I have no idea how it got there but it was the size of a thubnail slightly larger and it was a white crab I tried to remove it but it got away into the rockwork I didint see any bad signs in the xenia it was living in and I got this coral 6 weeks ago what should I do i'm so worried, can this white crab harm the coral and fish ?

 

[renogaw]

most likely:
1) it was a porcelain crab--no worries
2) it was an acro crab--no worries
3) if it's been 6 weeks and you havent seen it OR molts--probably dead and.. you guessed it, no worries.
4) until you see it again--no worries
5) if you start seeing things eaten--start worrying

 

[spanko]

YUP what he said!

 

[sh2000]

It just looks like a white pretty small crab so far no damage...It fell to the back of the tank when I tried to remove it I hope this isn't the bad type of white crab that ppl dread having.

 

[renogaw]

Originally Posted by SH2000
http:///forum/post/2458350
It just looks like a white pretty small crab so far no damage...It fell to the back of the tank when I tried to remove it I hope this isn't the bad type of white crab that ppl dread having.
hmm... there's so many crabs out there i'd not be able to figure out what a "bad white" crab is. if it wasn't fuzzy it's not a gorilla crab. i'd say don't worry until something happens, or until you can see it again and describe it

 

[sh2000]

I got a great look at it it was the size of a thumbnail, it was pure white with no coloring like the white of a diamond goby,no fuzzyness at all on it it moved so slow I should have gotten it but it slipped away behind the rockwork. It was living inside the xenia wild (pom-pom) I had to poke at it to get it out. it wasn't doing anything.

 

[sh2000]

Can anyone I.D. this Crab ? it was living in the xenia coral which is about 6 weeks old I noticed a few days ago and tried to remove it but it fell into the rockwork, it returned to the xenia wild pom-pom coral and I got it out. Should this be out of my DT or is it a good thing to have ?

 

[renogaw]

too small/out of focus for me to tell. what are the claws like?
if you do a yahoo search for acro crab, look at the pic on melev's site

 

[sh2000]

I dunno I'll just put it in a tank with no corals.