Dipping a ric?

[keri]

I hav a ric colony....well, no, I HAD a ric colony of 10+ that is down to 2.5 individuals due to a < unkind thoughts and swear words !!> hitch hiker crab that lives in their rock and comes out to eat them. I can't get him out... I can't bring myself to stab blindly in there for him.... so....

Can I dip the whole shebang in Tropic Marin Pro Coral Cure to either kill the crab or drive him out? He's welcome to live in my sump if I can get him out in one piece but I'm scared to dip the rics in case I kill them, I usually only use it on SPS.

I tried dipping VERY briefly in fresh RO water but I chickened out after like 10 seconds

Any thoughts or experiences are greatly appreciated, it's taken him 11 months but I'm down to only a couple of the really nice blue/purple/grey ones and it was $140!

old pic: caught in the act....

edit: BONUS POINTS to whoever can ID the crab!! (It's quite pretty ...in an evil sort of way)

 

[sbcaes]

take rock out. shoot some soda water in to the hole he lives in and it "should" brign the crab out the soda water makes them run out as well as other unwanted inverts like mantis shrimp

 

[keri]

I will try that! Just regular old soda water?

 

[sbcaes]

yep

 

[Darkstar22]

Did it work? Must be the carbonation that drives them out?