Freakin' Crabby Tanks !!

[Beverly]

Tonight I took the flashlight to see what our emerald crab was up to in the 42 gal hex. Found him beneath the acropora, just hanging out doing nothing in particular.

Looked a little further down and found a crab I'd never seen before in a hole munching on what looked like detritus. It was brown and kinda hairy with very slim legs. Didn't look like he was up to anything bad, but still didn't really want him in the tank. Tried the tweezers to get him but he fled deeper into the hole

Looked a little further right, and there was yet ANOTHER CRAB This one had the fateful red eyes and was very stocky, not unlike the first crab I found several weeks ago that got the ROCK. Tried the tweezers on him too, but he was wedged into the tiny hole pretty good. Went to get my back up crab hunting tool, but when I got back he was gone

Okay, so here is the run down of crabs I've found in the 42:

- red eyed crab that no one wanted that got rocked.
- second smaller crab that Quinn took home.
- a crab that accidentally went down the sink from a bucket I'd used to swish the LR in while rearranging the 42.
- a dead crab that fell into the goby's hole under a rock.
- the brown hairy one I found tonight.
- the red eyed one I found tonight.

Then there's the crab sitting on the counter waiting for Quinn to pick up on Saturday that I found in the seahorse tank. I caught that crab by setting a trap and it worked

Thought the trap idea worked so well in the horse tank that I'd set a trap in the 42 as well. Put the not-yet baited glass into the 42. No sooner than I had my hand out of the tank, the spotted hawkfish dove into it. Oh, no, that little beggar would probably eat all the bait but I put the bait in anyway. Minutes later the hawkfish cleaned out the bait while the ocellaris clowns looked on and ate the bait the hawkfish stirred up while in the glass

So. I've got one crabby bunch of tanks here And traps aren't going to work on the most infested tank because of the aggressive fish. GRRRRR!!!

Guess I will have to keep my eyes on that tank and have my tweezers, husband and two flashights going to get these guys. Quinn, you may have to bring more tupperware containers on Saturday At least I hope so