Nasty Crab

[Beverly]

Originally Posted by teevee

Bev has had limited success baiting a tumbler and setting it in the tank at a 45 degree angle.

The last crab I tried to trap the way Quinn explained would not take the bait even after setting the trap three nights in a row. Since the tank it was in had no inhabitants yet, I pulled out all the rock where I thought the crab would be and looked it over with my reading glasses and flashlights. Examined rock went into a pail of outgoing changewater from another tank.

Didn't find him on the way out of the tank, so looked over each rock again before putting it back into the tank. Found the HUGE monster in a very deep hole. Used a cable tie to poke at him from holes in the top of the rock and he quickly crawled out and we caught it. Took it to the lfs as food for their wrasse/trigger.

Here's a rather poor photo of the crab comparing its size to a quarter:

http://www.lostmymarblz.com/hh-bw-72gal-hitchhikers.htm

Glad to have that sucker out of the tank as it is slated to house very young captive bred seahorses