Always a surprise

[toytech]

So I walk up to my tank yesterday to say hi , and i see something scurry out of veiw . Cant think for the life of me what it can be , it wasnt one of my fish and i dont have any fast inverts .So i take the rock out that has all the action goin on and dip it in some fresh water to see what comes out , nothin .So i poke around in a large hole in the rock and find a big crab hes kinda stuned from the dip so i managed to pick him out by hand and sump the sucker . Now i know why im down to 3 snails and there is a variatable snail graveyard along the back side of my tank , has to be a dozen shells back there . Look more latter and found another small crab , tooth pick that one , makes me wonder how many more are out there.

[reefwars]

i have that same crab hes SUPER FAST and nocturnal only comes out at night, i also got a few others i cant id i managed to get one by the arm with tongs but he was to far in the hole to pull out so i yanked off his arm.....ive decided he deserved to stay after that and i called him lefty.


funny the only crabs i dont get to see are the ones i buy and hope stay out in the open lol irony

[Dr_Hicks]

Excellent photo!

I have not seen black ones sneaking around yet

[jtbadco]

I had a large chunk of SW rock that I bought dry and had in one of my FW tanks with some Marbled crayfish.

When I started up my salt tank I recycled the SW rock into the reef.

Months later I start seeing zoas disappear and snails shells start showing up empty.

One night with the moonlights on I spot a now quite large crayfish scuttle out of a hole in the rock and start chomping on zoas.

I took a metal rod and went all swizzle stick on his @$$

Problem solved...

[toytech]

It was hard to convince my wife to take the pic cuz it creeped her out , and watch out for lefty he will get his claw back when he molts .

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by toytech

It was hard to convince my wife to take the pic cuz it creeped her out , and watch out for lefty he will get his claw back when he molts .

yeah i know but he wont come out of his hole he just sticks his arm up and searches for food judging by his claws i dont think hes dangerous.

im not sure if mine and yours are the same exactly but its close ive id'd(???) mine as a black mithrax(im a horrible speller tonight lol)

[reefwars]

sorry meant to say by his " claw " lol

id give him a dip but the rock is also home to my pistol shrimp and goby pair