big nasty crab

hecks220 · #1 02-03-2008, 03:32 PM

That baby is a sly rock crab. I could only catch mine at night when they would emerge to wreck havoc on my tank. one ate two fire shrimp in as many days when i first threw in this $50 snack! i threw them out my door

mr_alberta · #2 02-03-2008, 05:31 PM

Its eyes are red because it is the spawn of Satan. He's a very bad crab. They can get pretty big too. I had one hitchhike that was about 1.5" wide.

spoot · #3 02-04-2008, 11:10 PM

Hey Finaddict,
How did you catch your crab? I may have something similar. He runs into his hole in a piece of LR I have every time I try to get him.

michika · #4 02-04-2008, 11:22 PM

Definitely evil. I had one, bigger then a toonie and such a pain. He met his end with a pump impeller...

chevyjaxon · #5 02-04-2008, 11:31 PM

I kind of like the way he looks i heard that spreading your live rock out before introducing it to your tank and letting it sit for a small while (on a tarp) will get these nasty critters to expose themselves making it easy to get rid of most of them just my 2 cents:

Moogled · #6 02-05-2008, 05:03 AM

For safety reasons, I usually smash the hell out of whatever crabs I find.

They're not THAT important in terms of having an "authentic" reef tank.

Finaddict · #7 02-05-2008, 05:43 AM

i was removing my rock and noticed him..

removed him by- /stabbing.with really long tweezers.. then i threw him out side...it was-30's last week... \\no more nasties