HELP, fish missing and coral dying...

Whatigot · #1 09-05-2007, 02:22 AM

I have noticed my mated true perculas have been acting agressively towards my royal gramma and I am assuming that they killed my clown goby as he is suddenly gone without a trace.
I noticed last week a little black crab in the tank that must have come in on some new live rock from ocean aquatics I bought 2 or 3 weeks ago.
Over the last 3 days, my leather finger coral has been torn apart pretty good, not dead yet, but I am sure another attack will prove fatal.
I hope some of you more experienced reefers can help me, I want to know if the crab I saw could have not only eaten the coral, but also if it might have killed and eaten my clown goby...he loved chilling on that finger coral.
I also want to know how I can catch the little bastard if at all, I have only seen him once at 4 in the morning and I was way to inebriated to start messing around my tank at the time, so I stupidly left it.

If not on the little black crab with skinny claws, I am blaming the death of my clown goby on the mated percula that came together with it in the aquapod I started reefing with.
please help, I don't want to lose anymore coral or fish.
K.

Skimmerking · #2 09-05-2007, 02:26 AM

Well I know that my clowns are very aggressive towards me putting my hands in the tank. And Doug's clowns are aggressive too since they have started to lay eggs. with the crab may be you should get a picture up so someone can ID the crab. May be that who is killing the corals and Crabs do eat other things if they are dying.

A small coke bottle with the top cut out and turned inward always worked for me. make sure that is all that you catch I have used this method and ended up catching my shrimp.

Van-rookie · #3 09-05-2007, 02:48 AM

One of my clown always bite me everytime my hand gets too close to the anemone he hosts

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Originally Posted by asmodeus

Well I know that my clowns are very aggressive towards me putting my hands in the tank. And Doug's clowns are aggressive too since they have started to lay eggs. with the crab may be you should get a picture up so someone can ID the crab. May be that who is killing the corals and Crabs do eat other things if they are dying.

A small coke bottle with the top cut out and turned inward always worked for me. make sure that is all that you catch I have used this method and ended up catching my shrimp.

BigT · #4 09-05-2007, 05:38 AM

I have a hitchhiker crab as well in my tank, and from what I have learned that they can prey of fish. None of my residents seem to be hurt or missing, but I am still trying to get the crab out with little success he only comes out far enough so I can see him but not get him. Does anyone know a technique to catch the crab, apart from tearing down my tank.

Whatigot · #5 09-07-2007, 08:50 PM

guys, I only saw him once and I reiterate I was inebriated.
He was black, the size of a quarter and had longer claws he was tucking under him....
please help, I already lost my leather coral...

michika · #6 09-07-2007, 10:27 PM

Crab sounds evil, probably worth getting him out.

maron6977 · #7 09-08-2007, 03:18 AM

Are you sure it's not from the new live rock (maybe not cured) ? Just a thought.
Mark

honkey sauce · #8 09-08-2007, 03:38 AM

intercepter kills crabs.last resort

marie · #9 09-08-2007, 04:43 AM

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Originally Posted by honkey sauce

intercepter kills crabs.last resort

Only the ones you don't want killed...ask christy

Whatigot · #10 09-10-2007, 02:16 PM

As stated earlier, this crab definitely came in on some new cured rock from oa I got 2 or 3 weeks before this event.
I have since seperated my clowns and they now live in my 12 gallon qauapod with my richardsons moray.
Tonight I am going to buy the stinkiest shrimp I can find and try and smoke this guy out.
What is intercepter?
sounds like fun..
I have several zebra, blue legged and electric blue hermits in the reef community as well along with a coral banded (useless) shrimp that I would not want to harm.