Hairy Crab

[fallinapart]

I caught this in my 55G tonight. It is about the size of a quarter and has been feasting on my hermits and snails. He is now in the fuge.

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I did have to remove all my rocks to get him!..... But everything was moved to the 90G anyway

Norman

 

[NeveSSL]

Wow... thats kinda scary!

If you want some more hermits, you can have some of mine. I have a small orange zoo frag for ya, too, from Steve.

Brandon

 

[fallinapart]

Thanks and let me know when we can get together. I have some hermits coming thursday but appreciate your offer, but would love to get the orange zoo. cya l8tr

Norman

 

[c_stowers]

Thats a gorilla crab. Be glad you caught him. They can harm corals and even fish when they get bigger (and they grow fast).

 

[sick1166]

stone crab grows fast

 

[gsusfreak]

i think he looks cool!!!...but to the sump he goes!...LOL

 

[Lint_Licker]

tastes good when they get bigger, lol

 

[HowardCath]

Good catch. Super fortunate that you were going to move all those rocks anyway.

 

[fallinapart]

I have been trying to catch him for a month now. Jack, you are right, he is a fast grower! he looked bigger every time I chased him around those rocks, of course I will have to start feeding him as that fuge is only about 5G & nothing to eat but pods

Norman

 

[DMBillies]

Moriah found one of these in our 92 right after the meeting. Probably about 1/2" across the carapace. Must have been in there a long time because we haven't added anything to that tank for a while. We tried QTing all live rock and keeping an eye on things, but there's no way you'd find these most of the time.

I couldn't risk a speedy escape, so ours was not so lucky as to make it into the sump.

 

[fallinapart]

I understand him not making it to the sump. I had thought about a "spear" to get him, but knew I was going to move all the rock in a couple of weeks, so just waited him out
He got his first meal in captivity today

Norman