live rock hithicker please help!

[reefD]

ok i picked up somelive rock today and i just now seen a little crab in a rock. his body is like an emerald crab...not fuzzy at all..very small...smaller than a dime.....he is basically tan in color but again no hairs or bristles on his body....any thoughts? im just wondering should i rip'em out ? i wish i could get a picture and i will keep trying but this is an emergency as i have a full blown reef with corals..sps.lps.polyp softies...etc..help!

 

[reefD]

his claws have some red/darker tan speckles on it

 

[scrmbld33]

safe bet get him out, keep him in the fuge or sump till ided, crabs can be a pain, i too have a tan one with darker claws and he lives in a hole and wont come out for anything, i think he comes out when ever im not there to pick on my polyps next to his hole

 

[reefD]

i took him out! couldnt chance it!thanks guys . i just took out the rock it was small about half a pound maybe . so he will for now live in the quarenteen tank.

 

[scrmbld33]

you lucky!!! ive been try to get this crab out of mine for a couple weeks now, so far im at the point where i might have to kill him to get him out, post a pick if you can

 

[reefD]

yeah i was lucky i saw him just now at lights off. he was venturing out i guess. imvery anal with my tank so anything new i check often ....thank god i got it out / noticed it the first night!

 

[Jive Turkey]

"Gorilla Crab" I believe. It took me months to get one out of a 120g full of SPS. Had a body the diameter of a soda can. It was knocking frags over every night, and eating SPS poylps during the day. Finally drained every gallon from the tank into a 150g stocktank next to it, leaving the corals in low-tide exposure basically. This was after I spotted it in an area that was isolated from the main rockwork. Tipped some rocks and snatched him w/ a forceps with ease, although I had tried this at least 50x before when there was water in the tank.

This is what results from keeping "cool" little hitchhikers. I'll never make that mistake again.

 

[reefD]

thats what i was worried about ....he wasnt hairy though..just small.........in any case i couldnt chance it and ripped out the rock he was in and just added.....small piece

 

[Jive Turkey]

This crab wasn't hairy when it was small, so I thought it was an acro crab.

 

[reefD]

ahhhhhh me too ....so some juvenile gorrilas look similar...not hairy? i get it! glad i ripped it out! thanks for your info and experiences!