Should I remove this stowaway crab?

MARINE Should I remove this stowaway crab? ALAMY I recently discovered a tiny crab, around 1cm in size, clinging to an acro frag I'd bought online. The crab is a brownish colour and looks almost fluffy. I thought it was rather cute, but now I'm seeing all kinds of things online about how some crabs can be a problem. Thing is, it's no longer on the coral and I think has disappeared into the rockwork. So, if I do need to try and get it out, I could do with a bit of advice on catching it, please. Can you help? SIMON RADFORD, VIA EMAIL JEREMY REPLIES: Furry crabs are bad news and yours sounds like a ‘teddy bear crab’ — a regular hitchhiker on maricultured Acropora from Indonesia. They…

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Practical Fishkeeping United Kingdom (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2022

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