Identification??

[Sdeluca10]

Does anyone know what this is? My brother started losing his anenomes which he originally thought it was due to water quality until today. He came home and he found this guy and another one of his anenomes in its mouth, with pieces of the anenome all over the place.we were thinking it hitch hiked on a new rock or coral or something or has just been living under the radar for a long time.

 

[PSU4ME]

It’s like a hermit crab out of its shell, super nasty looking. Where is your rock from?

John at reefcleaners is usually pretty good at IDing things if someone here can’t give one.

 

[Sdeluca10]

It’s like a hermit crab out of its shell, super nasty looking. Where is your rock from?

John at reefcleaners is usually pretty good at IDing things if someone here can’t give one.

My initial thought was hermit crab. Would they devour large rainbow anenomes? Also I have no idea where he got rock from, I don’t think it was from a store.

 

[Joker]

It's a opportunity predator. I have one that I keep in my sump to eat detritus.

 

[Cpage101]

Does anyone know what this is? My brother started losing his anenomes which he originally thought it was due to water quality until today. He came home and he found this guy and another one of his anenomes in its mouth, with pieces of the anenome all over the place.we were thinking it hitch hiked on a new rock or coral or something or has just been living under the radar for a long time. View attachment 190879

how big is it?

 

[Sdeluca10]

how big is it?

Gotta be like 3+ inches

 

[Joker]

This is mine

 

[DylanCameron]

Definitely looks like a hermit, they’ll eat anything

 

[Cpage101]

Gotta be like 3+ inches

here you go. went to a good source.

Giant Spotted Hermit Crab- Facts and Photographs

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[Sdeluca10]

Yep, that’s the one. He didn’t know what to do with it, he was just gonna bring it back to the store and give it to them. I said screw it I’ll take it and throw it in my refuge him maybe he’ll eat all the bad sh** down there.

 

[dilligaf29]

that thing is cool looking gotta get him a shell

 

[Sdeluca10]

that thing is cool looking gotta get him a shell

I actually had one, he made a home out of it within minutes

 

[DylanCameron]

Here's a vid of one from when I was working at LTR - they get huge!