Hitchhiker crab destroying snail population!

[RYANLAWRENCE]

Trap is set for night two this time with a glass jar. Let's hope for the best. This is a picture of him from earlier today. I think he killed another snail last night :/

 

[XxVooDooxX]

Holy cow! That is black! It looks evil! I hope you get it man I REALLY want to see a good photo of it!

 

[duoc9119]

You defiantly want that out. It looked like a tarantula for second before a double take

 

[XxVooDooxX]

Or a scorpion!!

 

[roydooms]

Or a scorpion!!

+1

 

[roydooms]

Is the crab hairy? If yes, you need to kill it ASAP per the link below.

Check this out:

http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/reef-hitchhiker-id/29529-bad-hitchhiker-crab-please-help.html

 

[duoc9119]

I would say just remove the thing and give it to an LFS that has a mantis shrimp or puffer! lol

 

[roydooms]

Does it look like this? It eats corals.

 

[roydooms]

I would say just remove the thing and give it to an LFS that has a mantis shrimp or puffer! lol

I was going to edit my post and add "or give it its own tank" lol

 

[duoc9119]

I was going to edit my post and add "or give it its own tank" lol

that's just one more mouth to feed and one more tank to clean. haha And I don't really like killing this myself. Just kinda weird. lol ( funny thing is I'm a hardcore carnivore for steaks, eating about 3 steaks a day)

 

[RYANLAWRENCE]

Hahaha yeah he is definitely black and definitely big. But he is not a hairy crab and I don't have any corals so I dot need to worry about that. But he is ruthlessly killing my snails. Still haven't caught him but I'm working on it

 

[RYANLAWRENCE]

Still have not caught the sneaky little crab. He's a smart one. Anyone have any other ideas or plans?

 

[duoc9119]

Let's go to the last resort! Borrow a mantis shrimp and toss it in your tank! haha Give it a little while and say bye to the crab problem!

Down side? Now you have to worry about getting the mantis shrimp out... lol

 

[RYANLAWRENCE]

Haha that would do the trick! Or I could get another crab and we could have a battle royale haha. I'll keep trying but he's not going down without a fight

 

[duoc9119]

I'd say make a similar trap to those pest traps.

Reef Aquarium Nuisance Invertebrates: Aquarium Pest Trap for Bristle worms, & Mantis Shrimp

If he wants snails then bait him with snails then!

 

[RYANLAWRENCE]

Well finally got him tonight! This is a cause to celebrate haha. My snails are finally safe

 

[roydooms]

Finally! Lol. I've been waiting too see that crab. Congrats!

 

[Maya]

Congrats on the successful capture. Black Mithrax crab. Nasty little devils and opportunistic feeders.

 

[XxVooDooxX]

Wow! What a chore huh?!

 

[RYANLAWRENCE]

Thanks! Took a long time but the angled mason glass jar with marine formula one pellets for bait finally did the trick. No more snails will suffer...that is if I still had snails