TBS Hitchhiker/pest Question

[CuzzA]

That crab is a baby. They get much bigger than that. No offense, but if you knew there was still a stone crab in your system, why didn't you make it a priority to remove it before buying livestock and putting it in the system. As always in this hobby, patience pays for itself.

Glad to hear you got it out, but the time to trap crabs is when you first setup and food is scarce, not after you start adding expensive meals and feeding the tank.

Many people are quick to start adding new life to their tank, because TBS rock allows this. But having a little patience and a observation period after setting up is a good idea, IMO.

 

[JakeK]

That crab is a baby. They get much bigger than that. No offense, but if you knew there was still a stone crab in your system, why didn't you make it a priority to remove it before buying livestock and putting it in the system. As always in this hobby, patience pays for itself.

Glad to hear you got it out, but the time to trap crabs is when you first setup and food is scarce, not after you start adding expensive meals and feeding the tank.

Many people are quick to start adding new life to their tank, because TBS rock allows this. But having a little patience and a observation period after setting up is a good idea, IMO.

Please don't assume.

I found the stone crab 2 months after setting up the tank.

I took the time to remove all the potentially hazardous hitchhikers that I knew about back in December like I previously stated. After removing 5 or 6 gorilla crabs and giving the tank about 4 weeks to settle in I added my first fish and corals.

The stone crab wasn't discovered until just over 2 months had passed since adding the rock. As soon as I discovered him I tried trapping him. Fish traps, and tilted pint glasses did not work for 3 months. In this time I lost the first two fish and several pieces of coral I put in, put in before the crab was discovered.

It required a partial tank tear down to get him out. Most people will never have to go through an experience like this with TBS rock. I never faulted TBS for this either, so your assumptions about me not making getting the crab out a priority is baseless especially when I already stated I took time to remove a bunch of gorilla crabs before I added any fish and coral and the crab wasn't discovered for quite some time after set up.