Setting traps for crabs

[anglfish]

Originally Posted by Beverly

Videos of crabs we've caught in our old tanks....



Caught in our 37g - One Black Claw Crab
April 14, 2006
(320 x 240 pixels, 7.8 MB, 1:38 minutes)

Hey my crab just looked like this. Found a web page that labelled it as "Gorilla Crab" yet I don't think that this is a very recognized name.
I used method 1) to catch it. Well first I moved the rock out and waiting as someone told me that they would come out themselves after a while on their search for water. Waited for 30-40 minutes and got inpatient so then used 1).
He looked really cute and I brought him to my local store hoping I could trade him in for something. Well he was used as fish food. Couldn't stay to watch it. I even had some nightmares I think as I felt responsible for this poor little guys death... I'm just a big sob when it comes to that.

Bev, great videos! I absolutely LOVE the first couple of seconds of this one with the pincher emerging from the coral.

[marcingo]

So do you guys think a crab would survive in a small 2.5 g tank with a little LR and LS? It would probably just eat shrimp pellet hey? Reason I'm asking is that after hearing how angelfish's crab was turned into fish food at the LFS im thinking maybe I should just keep this guy in his own little tank.