Crab question?
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patsan
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ccirish said:
I've taken a bunch out of my tank that are the same beige color and they are baby gorilla's. I can just about make out their little black tip claws.
I've been getting out the crabs with the claw whenever I can. Most times the rock is in the way, so I can't get to them with the claw. I found feeding time was the best time to do it.
patsan
Premium Member
ccirish said:
Just use the claw. No bait. But the crabs are fast and they see very well, so as long as they're not on sponges, I try and get them quickly! Sometimes they will grab onto the rock for dear life and sometimes they win and the claw just pops off of them.
I honestly haven't tried anything else besides the claw, so I can't say if the traps do or don't work.
BrianPlankis
Premium Member
I use my "claw", my hand covered in a rubber glove 
When my lights go out, I open up my canopy(because the opening the canopy noise is enough to send all the crabs running) and then a couple hours later I come back and see what I can see. I wait until the crab is at least a few inches from a hole(throwing some food in the tank will make them go further from holes) and then I just dip my arm in real fast and most of the time I've got a squirming crab in my hand 
One time I had one that held onto the rock for dear life and I couldn't get him off, so I squished him against the rock. I hated doing it, but better than him eating my sponges and blue legs.
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When my lights go out, I open up my canopy(because the opening the canopy noise is enough to send all the crabs running) and then a couple hours later I come back and see what I can see. I wait until the crab is at least a few inches from a hole(throwing some food in the tank will make them go further from holes) and then I just dip my arm in real fast and most of the time I've got a squirming crab in my hand One time I had one that held onto the rock for dear life and I couldn't get him off, so I squished him against the rock. I hated doing it, but better than him eating my sponges and blue legs.
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dennisd78418
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I use a pair of long forceps to catch them. Dang those things are fast!! Last week I finally caught the big one I'd been after for weeks. The thing had molted several times, and by the time I caught him he was as big as a Volkswagon (well, OK, not that big but pretty big!!). Unfortunately there's still several more to catch.
