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Old 12/05/2007, 02:58 AM
pecaco34 pecaco34 is offline
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help with catching crab

So was looking in my rockwork the other day and saw a good sized hairy crab in the tank. I've lost a pair of small clowns the last couple days and i think this is the culprit as all the other fish in the tank are very docile. I've tried putting a jar in the tank with some shrimp in it but this only manages to catch my hermits. Any other ideas?
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Old 12/05/2007, 04:26 AM
Konadog Konadog is offline
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Keep trying with the jar, it's still the easiest way. Maybe change food (bait).
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Old 12/05/2007, 10:50 AM
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Lure it out with some SPS then stab it! Those hairy [profanity].....
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Old 12/05/2007, 01:32 PM
five.five-six five.five-six is offline
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yep, s wooden shish kabob skeur works well, 20 pack at the grocery store for like 2 bucks, also, you can buy highend milk in the glass bottle, if you have room in your tank for it, bait it lay it on it's side and build a sand ramp to climb in i, crabs suck at climbing up glass
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Old 12/05/2007, 02:31 PM
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I had to get a crab out one time and it took 2 days. The first day I had to get all the hermits out by doing that trap. I put them aside and re-set the glass so only the crab was left near it's hiding place. The next day it was in the glass.
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Old 12/05/2007, 05:32 PM
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wow theres a joke i just thought of...haha
 


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