Teddy bear crab ?

[Vincent100]

Is it , is it lol ??

 

[KJ]

Cymo Andreossyi.

 

[Gweeds1980]

Is it , is it lol ??

Unfortunately looks more like a gorilla to me

Pics for comparison...
Top is gorilla, bottom is teddy bear.

 

[Vincent100]

There so ugly lol , he's in the sump now anyway as the new sump Lord

U still coming down tomorrow ?

 

[KJ]

Cymo Andreossyi. Very common and is considered a coral symbiont, with the caveat that such symbiosis are a trade off between the coral and the crab, the coral gains protection and house cleaning services while giving up a few polyps, mucus and captured/settled food particles in exhange for those services. A healthy coral should have no problem repairing or replacing lost polyps, but again, in an aquarium environment, an eye should be kept on the coral for excessive damage being done due to the coral being unable to recover as fast or faster than the damage being done by the crab. In short, its a judgement call that you will have to make.

 

[Gweeds1980]

Ahhh... no... even worse than a gorilla... it's a cymo I think....check out this pic.

The blue eyes is the give away!

If it is, get rid, it'll munch happily on sps...

Oh and don't dump it on the coral I'm picking up tomorrow lol.

 

[Gweeds1980]

There so ugly lol , he's in the now anyway as the new sump Lord

U still coming down tomorrow ?

Yup. I'd get rid of that lad if I were you.

 

[Girthrockwel]

The teddy bear crab is cute. The other two along with bobbit worms will haunt my dreams forever

 

[GHsaltie]

The teddy bear crab is cute. The other two along with bobbit worms will haunt my dreams forever

Lol, where do you think people get inspiration for horror movies? The ocean...... especially the darkest depths.