hitch hiker crab possibly hiding?.

JmLee · 02/11/2006, 04:13 AM

hey guys how is everyone?. Well my tank is about 5 months old. I cured about 45 lbs of LR in the tank and the rest was bought cured already. Well every once and awhile ill look and see part of a crab in on the sand bed... for example. Couple of weeks ago i found a empty crab leg. Next week i found a empty Claw floating around. Tonight i found a large claw on the sand bed. It was probally around 3/4 of a inch in length. Now... do you guys this could be a crab thats already dead? or a crab thats molting.... im a bit concern because i do have a few corals and zoo's in there and i really dont feel like finding a crab munching away one of these days. All the parts i found where the same color so there either from the same crab or the same kind of crab. For the past 5 months ive seen no actually crab. Just claws and legs. Any input would be great. Thanks fellas.

ravenr · 02/11/2006, 05:09 AM

I was wondering what was tunneling holes in my live rock for about 3 weeks, until I found a little crab one night while peeking around with a flashlight. I had my own little "big dig" going on...He was eating my live rock up. One day I was able to remove the rock out of the tank that he was living in and get the little guy out with a screwdriver. He was about 3/4 of an inch wide, Maroon body with white furry claws and nasty! I couldnt ID him, so I brought him to my lfs and they couldnt ID him either...so we fed him to a trigger.
Problem solved.

LobsterOfJustice · 02/11/2006, 08:15 AM

Hust around after lights-out with a flashlight, then get him out of there.

JmLee · 02/11/2006, 01:49 PM

yeah i do look around with a light but i never see him! i dont know if its dead or just hiding, AHH. LoL ravenr thats what he gets for destroying your LR =P

02/11/2006, 04:13 AM	#1
JmLee Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hohensfels, Germany Posts: 1,545	hitch hiker crab possibly hiding?. hey guys how is everyone?. Well my tank is about 5 months old. I cured about 45 lbs of LR in the tank and the rest was bought cured already. Well every once and awhile ill look and see part of a crab in on the sand bed... for example. Couple of weeks ago i found a empty crab leg. Next week i found a empty Claw floating around. Tonight i found a large claw on the sand bed. It was probally around 3/4 of a inch in length. Now... do you guys this could be a crab thats already dead? or a crab thats molting.... im a bit concern because i do have a few corals and zoo's in there and i really dont feel like finding a crab munching away one of these days. All the parts i found where the same color so there either from the same crab or the same kind of crab. For the past 5 months ive seen no actually crab. Just claws and legs. Any input would be great. Thanks fellas.

02/11/2006, 08:15 AM	#3
LobsterOfJustice Recovering Detritophobe Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Cary, NC Posts: 7,443	Hust around after lights-out with a flashlight, then get him out of there. __________________ If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right. I remember when zoanthids were called things like "green" and "orange" and not "reverse gorilla nipple." Current Tank Info: 180g reef with all the bells and whistles

02/11/2006, 05:09 AM	#2
ravenr Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 64	I was wondering what was tunneling holes in my live rock for about 3 weeks, until I found a little crab one night while peeking around with a flashlight. I had my own little "big dig" going on...He was eating my live rock up. One day I was able to remove the rock out of the tank that he was living in and get the little guy out with a screwdriver. He was about 3/4 of an inch wide, Maroon body with white furry claws and nasty! I couldnt ID him, so I brought him to my lfs and they couldnt ID him either...so we fed him to a trigger. Problem solved.

02/11/2006, 01:49 PM	#4
JmLee Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hohensfels, Germany Posts: 1,545	yeah i do look around with a light but i never see him! i dont know if its dead or just hiding, AHH. LoL ravenr thats what he gets for destroying your LR =P