I have crabs!!

[pjos11]

I was admiring my tank tonight and noticed a crab in the top corner, when I got up to have a closer look it moved like he was on fire:mad2:

I don`t know if its a good thing or not? What should I do with it? :hammer:

I have a Partner shrimp and Gobie in my tank as well as some corals. What could this crab do if anything?

 

[LOTUS50GOD]

depends on what the crab looks like.. Big claws usually means meat eater. I have had a couple of 'gorilla crabs' in my tank. Hard as hell to catch.

 

[dodgersfan25]

congrats. they're hard to get rid of

 

[TWallace]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8490847#post8490847 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dodgersfan25
congrats. they're hard to get rid of

You're talking about the ones in the tank, right?

 

[coralnut99]

Without knowing what type it is, some of the bad things it can be convicted of: Eating snails, attacking small sleeping fish, eating ornamental shrimp, attacking and eating hermits, and worst of all...........polyp munching. From my personal experience, the only acceptable crab in a reef tank are commensal acro crabs, porcelain crabs. Even hermits will in time kill off most snails. Happy crabbing!

 

[pjos11]

How do I catch this alien?:uzi:

 

[Lpabsolute]

Hope it's not a hairy crab. I had 3 of these hitchhikers in my tank and they made a meal out of my zoas...I would put a bottle inside your tank and lean it up again a pice of liverock. Put some food in the bottom of the bottle...Crab goes for the food and gets trapped...It's as simple as that...Good Luck

 

[Craig Lambert]

I had one too! What a pain to catch. One afternoon I saw him climb up into a large rock, so I quickly moved a couple of rocks, grabed that one and headed for the kitchen. I could see him, and finally got him out with a "needle nose" pliers.

 

[PrivateJoker64]

Try rubbing some of that blue ointment on him. That should do it.

 

[dodgersfan25]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8490929#post8490929 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by TWallace
You're talking about the ones in the tank, right?

haha, wouldnt you like to know

 

[Misled]

I must be getting old, we used to keep those things to ourselves!

 

[wilvivas]

YAY a topic i'm good at! i had total 6 in my Nano tank (15 gallon).... i tried the bottle, it works some times, get a measuring cup instead works easier it's low and don't have to lean it just put it beside the rock and (trust me) they'll find a way to get at the food. downside i lost my peppermint 'cause he went for the meatand decided to stick around in there until the gorilla ate him, caught the crab but lost a shrimp, also i caught many hermits in there. best way and fastest for me was to find out which rock the crab was in put it in a bucket for a while if it don't come out put the rock in a fresh water bath, they all jumped ship ASAP. lost some good bacteria and that's it. worth it for a "crab free" reef. do it quick if your gobey is small, my lemon gobey got a good nip while he slept.

 

[pjos11]

Thanks for that guys. I am going to WAR!!!!

 

[coralnut99]

May the RC force be with you!