Reef safe?

dc4 · #1 07-31-2011, 06:58 AM

SOB!

Found it hiding in a hole at the bottom of my rock pile with my strawberry snail in its grasp!

Now I have to either block it in the hole til tomorrow and hope it doesnt die before I can return it or pull all my live rock apart trying to get it out...!

mrtaylor · #2 07-31-2011, 04:41 PM

Don't pull apart your liverock. Instead, set a trap for the crab.

Get a glass from your kitchen, that will be tall enough that he can't crawl out. Put it in the tank, where your crab can get into it from the liverock, but hopefully your hermits will not be able to. Finally, put in a bit of shrimp from your freezer, into the bottom of the glass.

This has worked for me a few times, including with a large (for my tank) black hitch-hiker.

QT

dc4 · #3 07-31-2011, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by mrtaylor

Don't pull apart your liverock. Instead, set a trap for the crab.

Get a glass from your kitchen, that will be tall enough that he can't crawl out. Put it in the tank, where your crab can get into it from the liverock, but hopefully your hermits will not be able to. Finally, put in a bit of shrimp from your freezer, into the bottom of the glass.

This has worked for me a few times, including with a large (for my tank) black hitch-hiker.

QT

Unfortunately its about 20x bigger than my Hermits, lol. Plus, the fact that I already pulled everything apart and didn't get to bed til 3am, fuels my rage.

whatcaneyedo · #4 07-31-2011, 07:18 PM

I never get sick of saying it. The only reef safe crab is the porcelain crab.

dc4 · #5 07-31-2011, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by whatcaneyedo

I never get sick of saying it. The only reef safe crab is the porcelain crab.

Haha, I actually got rid of my pair of porcelain crabs cause they were harrassing my new rbta frag too much. Too bad cause they were so nice to look at...

Oh, and they gave me full credit back for the 711, which in turn I spent right away on a sea hare to help with my algae issue and some krill for the softies.

bignose · #6 07-31-2011, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by dc4

Haha, I actually got rid of my pair of porcelain crabs cause they were harrassing my new rbta frag too much

They were probably trying to host the nem.

dc4 · #7 08-01-2011, 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by bignose

They were probably trying to host the nem.

It definitely was but cause the rbta was so new to the tank and so small, it stayed shriveled up for most of the day. My other one hosted in a furry mushroom which didn't mind.