Anyone want a bad crab?

digital-audiophile · #1 12-30-2007, 05:04 PM

Anyone want a crab for mantis food or fun?

I've been trying to catch this little bugger for almost two years. With the move into the new tank over the past two days I spotted him while working on my aquascaping. I was able to grab the rock he was in and shake him out into a bucket.

I believe it to be a red eyed reef crab (Eriphia smithi) from my research online.

Damned if I can get photobucket to work to post a pic

Anyhow. If anyone wants him let me know, if not it's into a ziplock bag and the freezer for a sleep.

i have crabs · #2 12-30-2007, 07:10 PM

id throw him in with my big crab but unless you live across the street from me im not really caring enough to go get him

digital-audiophile · #3 12-30-2007, 07:15 PM

I hear ya. I'm in the south end of the city so it's a distance.

I've got him in a bucket right now but if I don't have any takers by the end of the day I'll send him to the big fishtank in the sky.

barefootjimmy · #4 12-31-2007, 02:23 AM

I'll take the little bugger! I'll PM you.

Black Phantom · #5 12-31-2007, 03:37 AM

I've heard they can be really hard on your tank inhabitants. Did you lose any livestock to this critter

digital-audiophile · #6 12-31-2007, 12:38 PM

The crab is gone

over the past two years i have lost a number of snails. not sure if it was this guy or not though.

He grew a bunch in two years, started about the size of a dime, when I caught him he was around loonie sized.

i have crabs · #7 12-31-2007, 12:48 PM

i had one in a 20g a couple years ago and actually saw it rip a hermit apart and try to get a couple snail before i got him out of the tank