Sharkey18 February 14, 2010 Share February 14, 2010 Look what came on my order from Tampa Bay Saltwater. I think I'll need to buy her a ticket to send her back. Comes complete with eggs... great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctenophore February 14, 2010 Share February 14, 2010 Look what came on my order from Tampa Bay Saltwater. I think I'll need to buy her a ticket to send her back. Comes complete with eggs... great. For every one of these you find, there are probably 10 more hiding out. Octopus food! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu February 15, 2010 Share February 15, 2010 Is that a baby stone crab? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami February 15, 2010 Share February 15, 2010 Looks like a gorilla crab (xanthid). A very common pest found on Gulf rock. I spent quite a time getting them off of my TBS rock when I first started. My most effective tool to rid my tank of them was a bamboo skewer (and a stealthy hunting technique). I tried traps and managed to catch one or two this way, but they're very cautious. And when you have a tank full of hermits (which often come with TBS' "the package"), you often get a trap full of them, and not the gorilla crab you set out to catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind February 15, 2010 Share February 15, 2010 I am sure someone with a mantis shrimp, or snowflake eel may want it. You could dunk the rocks in club soda for a few minutes to flush out the crabs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davelin315 February 16, 2010 Share February 16, 2010 I am sure someone with a mantis shrimp, or snowflake eel may want it. You could dunk the rocks in club soda for a few minutes to flush out the crabs. That'd be me! If you need to get rid of it, I've got a mantis at school and also a mantis that is at a student's house for an experiment that they are conducting on the ability of a mantis to break through plastic to get to food... going to the meeting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmward99 February 16, 2010 Share February 16, 2010 Sharkey18 how did you manage to trap this crab? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkey18 February 17, 2010 Author Share February 17, 2010 I'd be happy to bring it to the meeting Dave... although I would feel bad for her. :( I was lucky and didn't have to trap her. I examined each piece of rock as I unpacked it and she scared the crap out of me when I pulled her rock out. I saw her and kind of just flicked her off the rock back into the bag. No way she was going in my tank. She's in the sump right now. Laura Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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