Gorilla crabs

[tylerdj]

Are gorilla crabs good or bad and why.

 

[keithntracy]

I heard they are bad.

 

[Blown 346]

They are bad and if found, they should be removed.
In my eyes all crabs like this are bad, they are all carnivors, and will take a meal where they can get it.
Gorillas crabs will kill snails, hermits, shrimp, etc even fish if the crab is large enough.

 

[kingtoad]

They are bad.

 

[tylerdj]

If found what do you do with them.

 

[mecold]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7026481#post7026481 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tylerdj
If found what do you do with them.

That is up to you. I throw mine in my sump. If you don't have one, maybe your local store may want it.

 

[tylerdj]

Well could you put them in a very small tank thats about 3g.

 

[kingtoad]

Sump or flush.

 

[Qwiv]

Get rig of them. I have seen gorrilla crabs in my tank attack my RBTA, and a hermit. i feed them to my Mantis, buy dispose of them as you wish. Someone with an aggressive fish tank could use it as food.

Get all of them, even the small ones. They grow fast and if you have one, you probably have more. They are pretty easy to catch with a soda bottle crab trap, but you need to place it in a few places of your tank.