Gorilla crab pic - how to get rid of it?

[steveml]

I have a longer posting on this creature under:
something hairy eating my plate coral
but now I have a photo... was suggested that this was a gorilla crab (?) and now it needs to go away. But it's so fast I cannot catch it.
Any thoughts?

 

[paulcoates]

Don't Gorillas like Bananas? Try one of those.
Just kidding don't know. Maybe a fish trap?

 

[teen]

ive got one to that im trying to get rid of. i just look at my tank at nigh t with a flash light then stick a

[hr]
of some type into the rock where i just seen him, hoping to kill him. no luck yet though.

 

[mrdsmack]

I tried a few different things and ended up taking my tank apart to get it out. I also think it might be a mud crab.

 

[qreef]

Try to straighten out the fish hook and glue onto the thin acrylic stick (sell at LFS) lure them out with some shrimp then stab him.

 

[xdave]

I saw an aquarium ornament in the shape of the empire State Building, do you have a radio controlled plane?

Lean a clear drinking glass against the rocks with a piece of shrimp in it, he'll go in but won't be able to get out.

 

[steveml]

thanks xDave... I will give that one a try. Steve

 

[woolfe]

I had a teddy bear (I think) crab come in on some LR. He started feasting on my corals. :scared: I got him out with a pair of hemostats. (what doctor's use to give/remove stitches) I also caught a bunch of emeralds this way, they don't seem to worry about the metal coming at them at all. Of course I had to hold them like that until they decided to let go of the rock. They have very strong little legs.

 

[deadmanschest]

take a glass drinking glass and lean it against some rock. the one he stays by. pit a piece of shrimp in the botton and wait for him to crawl in he should not be able to climb the glass to get out.