Species photo: Pauline Walsh Jacobson, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist
Decorator Crabs (LG)
Macrocoeloma sp.
$8.00
In stock and eating
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From our species guide
Care at a glance
- Care levelEasy
- Reef safeNo
- TemperamentSemi-aggressiveClips polyps and sponge to wear; may harm corals
- Temperature75–82 °F
- Salinity1.022–1.026 SG
- pH8–8.4
- Min tank20 gallons
- Favorite foods
- Sponges
- Meaty scraps / carrion
- Algae
- Max size2.5 in (6.3 cm)
In plain words: A decorator crab is a small crab that dresses up. Its back has tiny hooks, a bit like Velcro. The crab sticks bits of sponge and seaweed on the hooks. Soon it looks like a lumpy little rock. Hungry fish swim right past it.
