ID This Crab?

Oscar · #1 08-13-2008, 02:51 AM

I found this molt in my tank last night, until now I did not know I had any crabs in my tank.

Can someone ID this critter or direct me to a web page to assist in the ID?

Thanks in advance.

tlo · #2 08-13-2008, 03:13 AM

try http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/reefs/guami...dae/index.html
or
http://www.chucksaddiction.com/ on the left hand menu, go to hitchhikers, crabs

Oscar · #3 08-13-2008, 03:25 AM

Thanks. I think there are too many crab possibilities to be confident of what I have.

fkshiu · #4 08-13-2008, 04:12 AM

Any crab with pincers like yours is bad news. Sumpify it or feed it to your friendly neighbourhood triggerfish.

Oscar · #5 08-13-2008, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by fkshiu

Any crab with pincers like yours is bad news. Sumpify it or feed it to your friendly neighbourhood triggerfish.

I would have to catch this guy first. Can one lure a crab into a fish trap?

DanG · #6 08-14-2008, 04:36 AM

put a juice glass or jar in the tank so it's on it's side with the rim slightly elevated and some food in the bottom. You should have yourself a crab in the morning.

The-new-guy · #7 08-14-2008, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by DanG

put a juice glass or jar in the tank so it's on it's side with the rim slightly elevated and some food in the bottom. You should have yourself a crab in the morning.

The glass trick works very well.

Unless you have hermits in your tank like I do then you end up with a bunch of ****ed off hermits in a ball at the bottom of the glass like I did

.

Just hunt through your tank late at night with a flashlight ( would be better if the flashlight had a red lense on it ) and grab him if you see him. Thats how I caught my little guy.

Good luck

Oscar · #8 08-14-2008, 04:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The-new-guy

The glass trick works very well.

Unless you have hermits in your tank like I do then you end up with a bunch of ****ed off hermits in a ball at the bottom of the glass like I did

.

Just hunt through your tank late at night with a flashlight ( would be better if the flashlight had a red lense on it ) and grab him if you see him. Thats how I caught my little guy.

Good luck

Yes the hermit thing will be an issue. I may have to try this over a series of nights until I get the right guy. I have a flashlight with a red lense but I have not spotted him yet.

What did you do with your crab?

Marlin65 · #9 08-14-2008, 05:34 PM

Pop bottle with holes in the sump or refugium works well if you want to keep him thats what I do.

Oscar · #10 08-14-2008, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Marlin65

Pop bottle with holes in the sump or refugium works well if you want to keep him thats what I do.

I could throw him into the refugium I suppose. The refugium in my AIO tank is vertical ~1 G with a live sand bottom. Not sure that he would have enough to eat there.