hitchhicker crab

mrabolli · 05/04/2007, 06:44 PM

what do you guys think about an unidentified crab that came inside a large sponge I aquired? Ill try and get pics tommorow but he is very shy and runs back into the base of the sponge that is encrusted to a shell and other things. Hes a little hairy but not too much. Not green in color. So far he just nibbles around the live rock. I did seem him try and kill one of the blue legs when it had ventured right up to his home entrance. It is an Atlantic species for sure.

flyyyguy · 05/04/2007, 07:40 PM

My general rule for all hithchiking crabs crabs is that if it isnt an acro crab, or an emerald crab or similar that has disks for gripping algae on his claws, then he gets the death penalty

dc_909 · 05/04/2007, 07:56 PM

Get him out.

frederickk · 05/05/2007, 06:19 AM

Would toss him in the sump if you have one.

mrabolli · 05/05/2007, 07:23 AM

yes i can put him in the sump. How to catch the elusive raskel is the question.

SCR · 05/05/2007, 07:31 AM

A glass jar set on a angle with bait inside.

05/04/2007, 06:44 PM	#1
mrabolli Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Pembroke Pines, FL Posts: 284	hitchhicker crab what do you guys think about an unidentified crab that came inside a large sponge I aquired? Ill try and get pics tommorow but he is very shy and runs back into the base of the sponge that is encrusted to a shell and other things. Hes a little hairy but not too much. Not green in color. So far he just nibbles around the live rock. I did seem him try and kill one of the blue legs when it had ventured right up to his home entrance. It is an Atlantic species for sure.

05/04/2007, 07:40 PM	#2
flyyyguy King of the white corals Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,239	My general rule for all hithchiking crabs crabs is that if it isnt an acro crab, or an emerald crab or similar that has disks for gripping algae on his claws, then he gets the death penalty __________________ I like holding hands, snuggling, and long walks on the beach

05/04/2007, 07:56 PM	#3
dc_909 Moved On Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Murrieta, CA Posts: 3,260	Get him out.

05/05/2007, 06:19 AM	#4
frederickk Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,712	Would toss him in the sump if you have one.

05/05/2007, 07:23 AM	#5
mrabolli Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Pembroke Pines, FL Posts: 284	yes i can put him in the sump. How to catch the elusive raskel is the question.

05/05/2007, 07:31 AM	#6
SCR Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Central, Fl Posts: 708	A glass jar set on a angle with bait inside.