Anyone want a bad crab?
 

Anyone want a crab for mantis food or fun?

I've been trying to catch this little bugger for almost two years. With the move into the new tank over the past two days I spotted him while working on my aquascaping. I was able to grab the rock he was in and shake him out into a bucket.

I believe it to be a red eyed reef crab (Eriphia smithi) from my research online.

Damned if I can get photobucket to work to post a pic :(

Anyhow. If anyone wants him let me know, if not it's into a ziplock bag and the freezer for a sleep.

id throw him in with my big crab but unless you live across the street from me im not really caring enough to go get him

I hear ya. I'm in the south end of the city so it's a distance.

I've got him in a bucket right now but if I don't have any takers by the end of the day I'll send him to the big fishtank in the sky.

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I'll take the little bugger! I'll PM you.

I've heard they can be really hard on your tank inhabitants. Did you lose any livestock to this critter

The crab is gone :)

over the past two years i have lost a number of snails. not sure if it was this guy or not though.

He grew a bunch in two years, started about the size of a dime, when I caught him he was around loonie sized.

i had one in a 20g a couple years ago and actually saw it rip a hermit apart and try to get a couple snail before i got him out of the tank