Finaly Caught The Evil Guy!

[THEUNION1]

Been trying to get this bastard for a while now. He just so happened to be by the front glass with nowhere to run....

This is where his terrorizing went down. Plucked all my yellow zoas!

I didnt kill him as much as i wanted to so hes foating in a cup in my larger tank. Im gonna take him to lfs unless someone wants him which i doubt. Or i could always throw him to the mantis!

 

[Juruense]

So I bought 4 snails the other day and my 6 year old and I were watching the tank yesterday and a crab very similar to that came out and frickin ate a snail right in front of us! I will catch him also!

 

[emtguy]

crabs like them snail shells to claim as a home,i learned this the hard way!!! guess what aint in my tank!

 

[THEUNION1]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14589860#post14589860 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Juruense
So I bought 4 snails the other day and my 6 year old and I were watching the tank yesterday and a crab very similar to that came out and frickin ate a snail right in front of us! I will catch him also!

Good luck these are hard suckers to catch!

 

[fordp]

Nice job catching him, those guys are a PITA

 

[James983]

Thats one ugly crab. I'm trying to catch a africian flameback thats nipping at my sps and clam. He wont go near the fish trap I have.

 

[jlt232000]

is that an emerald crab? I have 2 and the larger one nips at my rose tip bubble anemone? Just got some zoas too? should I be worried?

 

[paraletho]

If its an Emerald the ends of his claws will be flattened or spoon shaped a modification for feeding on algae. I cant tell by those pictures. the crab is so covered by algae its hard to tell the carapace shape which would give other clues to its lineage.

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

That's a teddy bear crab, a species of the xanthidae family. Predatory, as you've already discovered.

Here's one for comparison.

 

[Andy_Wolfe]

Sorry for the thread jack, but what kind of fish is that in the dead center of the tank picture?

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Anthias. In a really small tank.

 

[Andy_Wolfe]

Thanks!

Very nice looking fish.

 

[THEUNION1]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14602291#post14602291 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Sugar Magnolia
Anthias. In a really small tank.

Yah i didnt know until after the fact that they require atleast 55 gallons. Thats what i get for listening to lfs yet again.... My bad!

 

[caribngg]

BTW Really nice tank WHats the specs on the system

 

[THEUNION1]

Thanks, its just a stock 28 nano cube with a Koralia 1 powerhead and nano chiller.