Holy Crab!

[five.five-six]

So 556wife has been telling me for over a month "there is a giant crab in your tank" and I have been thinking: yea right like the giant spider I have to kill that is so small that i can barely see it. well, the mystery crab has caused her to take interest in the tank, she is constantly looking for the crab... well this morning I found it... the body is at least 3 inches and more like 4 inches across I am afraid this thing is going to bite me and I am wondering what the heck it is eating. I would snap a photo but my camera is on the fritz

 

[robojet]

Borrow a camera!!! I gotta see this.

 

[Bebo77]

lol... i am not surprised... he probably does his cleaning/hunting at night...

 

[bad santa]

get a little bit of butter handy

 

[Lagger]

Hope you catch that little f'er........mine likes to eat my sps at night, especially my nice one's *cough* icefire *cough*.......

 

[mikedege]

Keep him away from my LE's lol....

I gotta see this guy next time im over:eek2:

-Mike

 

[arcab4]

u sure it wasn't THIS CRAB!?!

Giant Crab

 

[five.five-six]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12966418#post12966418 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by arcab4
u sure it wasn't THIS CRAB!?!

Giant Crab

OMG, no, i don't think it is that crab, i do think it is this crab:

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1254681

 

[yellowslayer13]

nice signature Mark

 

[JOSE CASAS]

Mark trap it. Put a glass jar near its home or area where you saw him with a piece of shrimp or squid, tilted the glass so he can get in but not out and leave it there for a couple days.

Oh by the way thats why I dry my LR when I set my sys up.

 

[bergzy]

if your crab is like this:

good luck!!!

it evaded all my traps i set out. the benefit of him was that he kept my sps' at perfect zero growth rate.

i was lucky one night...and for all you who know about my 'night with the dalmation'...it was that night...i was lucky enough to net him as he was unusually far out by the tank side...so...hahahaha....gotcha!!!

 

[five.five-six]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12967618#post12967618 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bergzy
if your crab is like this:

yea, that is him, he does not seem to be bothering my SPS, they are growing rather well, so i wonder what he is eating?

 

[dnguyen1]

Poor Giant crab getting eaten

 

[bergzy]

it is a box crab/shameface crab.

he didnt bother my sps for a long time BUT once he got a taste for it...it was buffet time. they have also been known to ambush sleeping fish, hunt and kill shrimps etc. which he has done also.

VERY strong shell as i have tried to pierce him with metal shish kabob skewers and they just bounce off his shell.

he either was really smart and me really dumb but i have tried the bottle trick, the trap trick, the i am going to wake up at 3 am and skewer you trick...all unsuccessful until he decided to check out the side of the tank which was easier to scoop him into the net!

good luck!

let us know if you decide to keep him and inform us if he does any damage!

 

[five.five-six]

maybe I will keep him in the sump

 

[saltyESQ]

my puffer would LOVE to trim his teeth on those crabs. Last crab I fed him, he ate the entire body with one bite and then almost appeared to use the legs as tooth picks as he slowly chewed and ate them.

 

[Konadog]

I am working at home today, and have know that I have two crabs in the tank, but could never catch them. Well, looking at the tank, I spied a small rock pile that one of them was hiding in. With a little rock work, I netted the thing!

One down, one to go. The other one is a fuzzy one.

 

[NVTE]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12968347#post12968347 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Konadog
I am working at home today, and have know that I have two crabs in the tank, but could never catch them. Well, looking at the tank, I spied a small rock pile that one of them was hiding in. With a little rock work, I netted the thing!

One down, one to go. The other one is a fuzzy one.

I hate Fuzzy one. He almost ate my entire electric green birdnest. Lucky the colony come back to life.

 

[golfish]

Re: Holy Crab!

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12965348#post12965348 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by five.five-six
I am afraid this thing is going to bite me

ROTFLMAO:lol: :lol: can you see its teeth?

 

[roxy25]

You guys are creeping me out !!!!! i am not scared of crabs but some times certain animals give me the chills !!!

When I discovered my black suctus snail you should have seen my Face .............

the only bug thing i am scared of is a secret I dont want you guys bringing them to a swap , lol I might have to kill u if u do.

chills just thinking about them ewwwwwwwwwwwww