Catch a Sally Lightfoot??

Meggie2409 · 07/07/2010, 06:45 PM

Oook so a friend bought a crab for my tank, which turns out to be a sally lightfoot... Everything seemed ok but now my watchman goby is missing and I think I know who ate him

So does anyone out there know a good way to catch them with out destroying my tank? I tried luring it with some shrimp and then grab it with tongs since I have soooo much LR but any solutions will be tried at this point! Stupid crab, but stupid me for putting it in there....

tydtran · 07/07/2010, 07:29 PM

get a glass jar. put food at the bottom of the jar. The crab will be able to get in to get the food but won't be able to climb out.

On the other hand, though, I don't think that your crab killed the YWG. These fish are pretty good at taking care of themselves.

muttley000 · 07/07/2010, 07:41 PM

+1 on the glass jar trick, it took me a few tries to get it at the right angle where the thing could get in it, and it still couldn't get out. A jar with a smaller mouth seems to help also.

Meggie2409 · 07/08/2010, 12:55 PM

I will have to try that then! As for the goby he was doing great until the crab went in and I saw it stalking the poor thing but now has disappeared

trb · 07/08/2010, 01:06 PM

Hopefully the goby is just hiding very well. I had a sally lightfoot that got pretty big, and I used a clear tall tea glass with some shrimp in the bottom, leaned up against the rocks as was mentioned. The crab was in the glass within 5 min. I put it in the sump, and it disappeared a few days later!

Good luck on catching it!

07/07/2010, 06:45 PM	#1
Meggie2409 Moved On Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 195	Catch a Sally Lightfoot?? Oook so a friend bought a crab for my tank, which turns out to be a sally lightfoot... Everything seemed ok but now my watchman goby is missing and I think I know who ate him So does anyone out there know a good way to catch them with out destroying my tank? I tried luring it with some shrimp and then grab it with tongs since I have soooo much LR but any solutions will be tried at this point! Stupid crab, but stupid me for putting it in there....

07/07/2010, 07:41 PM	#3
muttley000 MTS Sufferer! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: NW Ohio Posts: 1,926	+1 on the glass jar trick, it took me a few tries to get it at the right angle where the thing could get in it, and it still couldn't get out. A jar with a smaller mouth seems to help also. __________________ Next step on the system is adding A 90 gallon! Current Tank Info: 475 multitank system is now running! Several hundred gallons of additions planned!

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07/07/2010, 07:29 PM	#2
tydtran Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 853	get a glass jar. put food at the bottom of the jar. The crab will be able to get in to get the food but won't be able to climb out. On the other hand, though, I don't think that your crab killed the YWG. These fish are pretty good at taking care of themselves.

07/08/2010, 12:55 PM	#4
Meggie2409 Moved On Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 195	I will have to try that then! As for the goby he was doing great until the crab went in and I saw it stalking the poor thing but now has disappeared

07/08/2010, 01:06 PM	#5
trb Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 234	Hopefully the goby is just hiding very well. I had a sally lightfoot that got pretty big, and I used a clear tall tea glass with some shrimp in the bottom, leaned up against the rocks as was mentioned. The crab was in the glass within 5 min. I put it in the sump, and it disappeared a few days later! Good luck on catching it!