how to get rid of a murderous crab

[balashark21]

how do i find and get rid of a hawiian strawberry crab?? i dont wanna take out my lr and stuff. is there anyway to lure him out then net him??? he killed my new jawfish and my biggest scarlet reef hermit.

 

[bullshark]

I have one too. He is holed up in a piece of LR rightnow. Funny, I think the big red hairy hermit actually blocked him in with shells and small rocks. No kidding. Mine is completely nocturnal, I never saw him except at night after purchase. Waste of $25.00...

 

[balashark21]

i cant find him at all! hmmm he killed my fish and hermit i am sooo sad now. i want him out now but i cant kick him out if he is hiding. hmmm reminds me of the fugetive

 

[nicky1.8t]

just be paitent he wil come out than you can slap the cuffs on him and put him in jail and throw away the key

 

[balashark21]

ok i plan to wait all night tonight and get him into a 2.5 gallon macro i am planning on using. then i will c if i can get some store credit or sumthin like that.

 

[balashark21]

woohoo i found out where he lives i am gonna lift up the rock tonight!!! then i will net him then i dont know what i am going to do!!!! i was just sitting looking at my tank and i saw some hary pink legs touch the sand from under a rock. it was kinda freaky seeing how slow he moved thru the shadows!!! ahhh. i will get him tho

 

[bullshark]

Daniel411 gave me a GREAT suggestion! Remove the rock he is living in and put it in a bucket with much higher salinity. The crab should run right out looking for a place with lower salinity!!
Now thats thinkin'.......
Of course, if he is just under the rock then the above does not apply.

 

[steve40]

You can buy traps here on swf.com.

 

[aftrhrs]

Toss in a large sea urchin. When it gets hungry it will hunt down the crab and eat it. My sea urchin ate all 4 of my emarld crabs. The biggest one was probably 1.5" in diameter. I couldn't figure out what was happening until one night I left the blue moon light on and sat and watched....

 

[swilbs83]

I had an unknown crab in my 125g with 140lbs of live rock about 2 weeks ago. I leaned a smooth glass cup(high) against a piece of live rock near the hole where the crab was, put in a piece of frozen hot dog, and within 10 mins the crab was in the glass trying(hopelessly) to get out. No more worries

 

[dragracer]

Hairy pink legs?

Tons of comments........none with any class!!