yeek! and I put my hand in there
 

While doing some aquascaping this morning I noticed a couple of pieces of rubble wedged into one of the larger base rocks pieces I have, and wondering how that could have happened I noticed ... something moving ... so I took the rock out and washed it through with the outflow from the return pump out of the sump ... imagine my surprise when this thing popped out ... now I know where some of the fish disappeared over the past month ... it is approx. 2-3/4 inches across ...

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Charles

That is one scary looking crab.

We have a big black on in our system that we could never get out unless we tear our frag racks apart. He hasn't caused any problems "yet".

that's the same crab that was eating my devil's hand coral and 2 other fish that went missing...after that i knew there was a culprit in the tank so i had to tear down the rocks to find it.

yeah ... now I need to decide what to do with it, if anyone has a species tank or if it would be safe (for me!) to put it into the sump ...

Charles

Would be safe to put in the sump or the refugium but if you have nothing in your sump it will starve anyway unless you over feed and have food flow down to your sump. I had to put the axe to my culprit.

KILL IT!

You can make crab soup, just need some seasoning :twised::mrgreen:

Give him a garlic butter bath.

I use to trap and toss them in the sump until that got old, now they get a screwdriver in the face if they are unlucky enough for me too see them

I used to put those guys in my sump. Then one day I put a piece of live rock from my sump into my display tank.. Ya, I'm sure you can guess the rest of that story. Took me a while to hunt the bugger down again. :twised: