Good or Bad?

Myka · #1 03-15-2008, 04:28 PM

Doesn't look like a Gorilla crab to me. I agree that you should try to catch it. Make a trap.

michika · #2 03-15-2008, 04:46 PM

Not a gorilla crab, however it is bad. To the sump with it! Sorry, I can't endorse Crabby Heaven....

KrazyKuch · #3 03-15-2008, 05:08 PM

Gorilla Crabs are very hairy....so I would say to the sump with him....I had one similar looking to that and it ate a 4" powder blue overnight!!

untamed · #4 03-15-2008, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by KrazyKuch

Gorilla Crabs are very hairy....so I would say to the sump with him....I had one similar looking to that and it ate a 4" powder blue overnight!!

Ate a 4" Powder Blue? How large was the presumed-guilty crab? The pictured crab can't be more than 1cm total size is not likely a fish killing threat at this time.

jvision · #5 03-18-2008, 08:03 PM

What would be the easiest way to trap this guy? A pop bottle or something?

Murminator · #6 03-19-2008, 04:13 PM

You can try that or a drinking glass lean up against the LR with some krill in it or something he will go in after it then can't climb back out or do what I do when you see the hole he is hidin in take tweezers of something sharp and ram it in the hole bunch of time usually takes care of them

digital-audiophile · #7 03-19-2008, 04:46 PM

It took me years to ctch two bad crabs in my tank.. it just takes patience and a good deal of luck.

jvision · #8 03-19-2008, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Murminator

You can try that or a drinking glass lean up against the LR with some krill in it or something he will go in after it then can't climb back out or do what I do when you see the hole he is hidin in take tweezers of something sharp and ram it in the hole bunch of time usually takes care of them

Thanks for the tip, Murray!

However, I wouldn't mind seeing what I've got before I turn it into soup. But, I don't want to wait two years to see this thing, either!!!
I give it a couple weeks, then it's crab soup! :P

jvision · #9 09-28-2008, 05:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Murminator

You can try that or a drinking glass lean up against the LR with some krill in it or something he will go in after it then can't climb back out or do what I do when you see the hole he is hidin in take tweezers of something sharp and ram it in the hole bunch of time usually takes care of them

OK, so it's been a while, and I'm sure this guy is doing some damage! No shrimp left, no nudi's left, and my Sally Lightfoot has gone missing. All corals and fish still A-OK.
So, drinking glass, eh? What about all the hermits in the tank, won't they get stuck, too? Then won't this nasty crab do in some of them (seen a few hermit corpses as well)?

Puff · #10 03-19-2008, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by KrazyKuch

Gorilla Crabs are very hairy....so I would say to the sump with him....I had one similar looking to that and it ate a 4" powder blue overnight!!

they get hairy at a certain size. i found one in my tank, definitely a gorilla crab, but it doesnt have any "hair" yet, as it is still kind of small (compared to what they can get to).

ive been told that any crab with black (or dark) claws is bad news.