I finally caught him!

[byeung]

This guy has been hunting my wrasses and killing my hermit crabs for too long. I've even speared him and left a hole in him and he still survived in my tank. And tonight he crawled into a small rock and i was finally able to just pull out the entire rock an extract him. This guy has given me nightmares literally.

 

[byeung]

but now what to do with him any suggestions?

 

[nayrgaijin]

Boil and eat! Crab wontons? Haha jk, maybe put him in your fuge?

 

[inactive]

I caught one of those in my chalice garden the other night. I threw him away!

 

[nissanrs]

Thats the devils crab.. look at those eyes

 

[dcopeland]

would it explode in a microwave jk lol

 

[Stray32]

Toss him in your fuge/sump

 

[J&O'sdad]

It is hammer time, tenderize to a fine paste. It will make you feel better.

 

[subielover]

Either throw in a sump, refugium, or throw him in the freezer.

 

[MikeB]

That is one evil looking crab. HE looks really angry

 

[stunreefer Verified Sponsor]

Take him to a LFS, some people love keeping those things.

 

[Stray32]

That is one evil looking crab. HE looks really angry

If someone poked a hole in your back, you would look really angry as well :wink:

 

[Nanoreefbro]

I would throw it in your fuge..

 

[rob619]

i say fuge as well

 

[AlexStinson]

Grind him up and feed him to your remaining hermits.... justice served

 

[rob619]

HAHA nice revenge!

 

[Hammmerhead]

I still have this guy in my system. This is an old pic, but he has huge claws now. Doesnt seem to bother anything.

 

[byeung]

Well i didnt want to throw him in the back of the biocube so i put him in a snapple bottle and will try and donate him to lfs maybe...

 

[ucantmakeme]

Somebody else said to keep it... i set up a 5g a few months ago because i was pulling so many out of my new florida gulf rock.... im up to 9 now, and i still see a few small ones in my DT... They are kinda cool to see when they areNOT killing all your stuff, and they even get along together in thier little 5g.

 

[mr_X]

i try not to kill anything i find in my system. everything goes in the refugium, which is no longer called the refugium, but Jurassic park! every time i get some corals in i pull off the critters and sump them.
the way i see it, they didn't ask to be here. i ordered the corals that prompted the collectors to yank out of the ocean for me. i'm sure your crab is not evil, but just doing what a crab does.
check this out-
i pulled a small (about the size of a pea) crab off of a piece of sps about a year ago and tossed him in the sump...about 6 months later i was servicing my skimmer and saw a crab about the size of a chicken egg in the sump area!
it turns out he's a threatened species from singapore waters. the brown egg crab.
Brown egg crab (Atergatis floridus) trapped in a drift net on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

and here's a picture of my little buddy-