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11/07/2005, 05:30 AM
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Murderer
I had a neon green clove that was doing well and happy in the tank. It was fully open two days ago before the lights were out. Next day, when the lights went back up, it was no longer there. The whole clove disappeared, only the small rock it was attached to was still there.
My wife was sad and searched everywhere for hours, but it just disappeared in the small 46 gallon tank. No sign of its body, not in the filter, skimmer, etc. During the search, she spotted a white furry "spider" like thing crawling in between the rock.  Thanks to John (Badmort)'s advice, we put three glass cups in the tank with a slice of small shrimp in each of them. Sure enough, we cought it the next morning.   As you can see, it turns out to be a small and furry crab, no bigger then a quarter, but slightly bigger then a nickle. We think it is responsible for the disappearance of the clove, because that's the only thing we cought thoughtout the night with three traps, no bristle worms or anything else, and it was found on the same rock as the clove was. My wife was mad at it, but now that it is sitting in a small glass, she actually think it is kinda cute, and wanted to keep it in the glass.  In anyway, it'll not be going back to the tank for sure. 
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11/07/2005, 06:51 AM
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put him in the sump or fuge.
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11/07/2005, 12:22 PM
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Set up a little nano for it!
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11/07/2005, 12:42 PM
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I was pointed to this thread. I found the exact same thing in my tank yesterday. As soon as he saw me he crawled back in the rock. I haven't noticed anything missing yet but it looks like he might in the future.
Is your rock from the Marshall Islands by chance? Anthony Calfo said its from there and it likes to eat Sarcophyton coral. Very cool looking crab but I'm not sure I'll ever catch it with my hermit, emerald, peppermint and cleaner shrimp lurking around the tank as well. Btw, could you explain how you caught it. I know you said you used 3 glasses. ON their sides or stood upright? What keeps the crab from leaving the glass when he's done? Thanks, Chris |
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11/07/2005, 04:31 PM
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I had a teady bear crab and it never bothered my corals but I suspect it may have been the down fall of a fish or two. I moved it to a tank without fish, but did have some soft corals and monti cap frags. It was smaller then a dime, when I first saw it and got silver dollar sized before dying. I would feed it shrimp and silversides by hand. Definitely behaved like a predator. I don't know the hole in the rock it lived it kept getting bigger to accommodate him. I suspect their must be a chemical in its fuzzy shell that eat away at the rock. Cool animal if you ask me.
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11/07/2005, 05:17 PM
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11/07/2005, 07:43 PM
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11/07/2005, 07:52 PM
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11/07/2005, 08:41 PM
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I put three glasses in the tank with slices of shrimp in it. The glasses I used are similar to these: http://www.klinq.com/details.asp?pro...spot=spotLoc-3|details.asp|prodid-102040 I believe the curved sides of the glass'll further prevent any critters from getting out, but I was told and have seen posts that said any drinking glass will do. I thawed the shrimp until I could actually smell it, and put the glasss slightly tilted, leaning on the sides of the rock where the crab was last seen after the lights were off and fish were asleep. The crab showed up just 10 mins after the glasses were in place, but took a while to get in. You don't want to lay the glasses flat on the sand, or the crab can simply crawl out. If you let it stood upright, you'll have to make sure it is touching the rock so there's a way for any critter to get in. However, I believe you'll have better luck if you tilt the glasses a bit, so the critter think its "crawling" to the food. They are smart, and I saw it wondering around the glass, sort of examing the glass & food before it finally made the move hours later. So it might not fall into the trap if it figures it'll just "free fall" onto the food. With all the livestock you have in your tank it'll be more difficult. If you do catch your own livestock, you'll just have to get it out and keep trying or put them in a spare tank until you catch the crab. BTW, isn't hermit & emerald not-reefsafe as well? 
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11/07/2005, 08:57 PM
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Hammer. Thimble of butter. Snack time. Problem solved.
I'm sorry I couldn't help myself. I am so ashamed.  
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11/07/2005, 09:58 PM
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11/07/2005, 10:03 PM
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