Annoying grab in my bird's nest

[zvonmonet]

I have an annoying little brown crab (loonie size, thats bigger then a quarter for my american friends :spin3 sitting in my birds nest coral, and the place that its sitting in the coral is loosing color and becoming brown. Tries to get rid of him plenty of times by pulling him out no luck. Probably do more damage to the coral then him. Tried to dip it in iodine he just sits there undisturbed.

Anything i can do to get him out of the coral? he sometimes wonders off but then comes back can't catch him, too many live rock.

 

[texgv]

To kill that crab you can remove the coral and dip it in Coral RX, it works in seconds.

 

[zvonmonet]

ok thanks gonna try and will let you know the results in a few days

 

[kcb1123]

Should have luck with the dip if you are having trouble still try using a small knitting needle or screwdriver to push in off, assumming hes buried in the birdsnest.

 

[ati70cutlass]

brown and black tip legs with red eyes??? or maybe a specie of bandit crab? if its brown you might have a gorrila crab. bad news. i had one over 4" when i finally got him.

 

[50seven]

I have an annoying little brown crab (loonie size, thats bigger then a quarter for my american friends :spin3 sitting in my birds nest coral, and the place that its sitting in the coral is loosing color and becoming brown. Tries to get rid of him plenty of times by pulling him out no luck. Probably do more damage to the coral then him. Tried to dip it in iodine he just sits there undisturbed.

Anything i can do to get him out of the coral? he sometimes wonders off but then comes back can't catch him, too many live rock.

LOL, Don't the Americans have a Loonie of their own now? It has a lady or statue of liberty or something on it...

I have a hermit that sits on top of a nice green acro of mine and I still haven't figured out why. I pull him off (Sometimes he's wedged in pretty good) and the next day he's right back in there. The acro has a little orange acro crab living in it, maybe he thinks she's real hot or something....

 

[chrishayes]

your thread title made me look twice! lol

 

[zvonmonet]

it is brown, and yes it does look like a gorilla crab. You think the dip will work?

i tried with a knife and a some other sharp objects to push him but he moves very deep in and holds for his life, not even a chance to move him