ID This Crab?

[Oscar]

Thanks. I think there are too many crab possibilities to be confident of what I have.

[fkshiu]

Any crab with pincers like yours is bad news. Sumpify it or feed it to your friendly neighbourhood triggerfish.

[Oscar]

Originally Posted by fkshiu

Any crab with pincers like yours is bad news. Sumpify it or feed it to your friendly neighbourhood triggerfish.

I would have to catch this guy first. Can one lure a crab into a fish trap?

[DanG]

put a juice glass or jar in the tank so it's on it's side with the rim slightly elevated and some food in the bottom. You should have yourself a crab in the morning.

[The-new-guy]

Originally Posted by DanG

put a juice glass or jar in the tank so it's on it's side with the rim slightly elevated and some food in the bottom. You should have yourself a crab in the morning.

The glass trick works very well.

Unless you have hermits in your tank like I do then you end up with a bunch of ****ed off hermits in a ball at the bottom of the glass like I did .

Just hunt through your tank late at night with a flashlight ( would be better if the flashlight had a red lense on it ) and grab him if you see him. Thats how I caught my little guy.

Good luck

[Oscar]

Originally Posted by The-new-guy

The glass trick works very well.

Unless you have hermits in your tank like I do then you end up with a bunch of ****ed off hermits in a ball at the bottom of the glass like I did .

Just hunt through your tank late at night with a flashlight ( would be better if the flashlight had a red lense on it ) and grab him if you see him. Thats how I caught my little guy.

Good luck

Yes the hermit thing will be an issue. I may have to try this over a series of nights until I get the right guy. I have a flashlight with a red lense but I have not spotted him yet.

What did you do with your crab?

[Marlin65]

Pop bottle with holes in the sump or refugium works well if you want to keep him thats what I do.