crab hunting

[Dearth]

Either or some species like fresh others like theirs well tenderized....

[DigitalWeight]

Mine was a bit larger and the bottle trick, glass trick etc didn't ever work. I ended up using a flashlight and scewered it - this was after the fu^#er killed my shrimp and a few snails.

Scewered crab

[Graham_f]

funny you should say that. ^
i was just setting my traps for the night and i must have spooked him out of his hideout. He was just barely visible and i attempted to skewer him, but missed and kinda flicked him out into the open. After that it was just a little scoop with the net and i had him


he will now live out the rest of his days in my sump.
thanks for the help

[Dearth]

Congratz

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Graham_f

funny you should say that. ^
i was just setting my traps for the night and i must have spooked him out of his hideout. He was just barely visible and i attempted to skewer him, but missed and kinda flicked him out into the open. After that it was just a little scoop with the net and i had him


he will now live out the rest of his days in my sump.
thanks for the help

Wouldn't hurt to leave a glass in for a couple days, just in case you have more you're not aware of
I used a piece of uncooked shrimp and got one crab the first night, but the other crab took a couple days. I guess #2 preferred the rotting shrimp over fresh

[Graham_f]

ya i was thinking the same... i've left one in. hopefully it was just the one evil crab

[chanda17]

Congrats! Looks similar to one I caught in my tank.

[Cracken]

Good job. I'm still on the hunt for my gang of crabs. Can't believe I have 3 to trap. Anyone ever use 25 % vinegar to 75 % water mix to dip the live rock to get the pests out?