Killer crabs smarter than me

[Hely'sreef1]

So I’ve noticed 3 large crabs in my tank over the past few weeks (one black, the other 2 big and hairy) creating havoc with my corals. I’ve tried countless traps/ bait in glasses to no avail. Now I’m fearing for my fish and corals. Please help!!!!

 

[Katrina71]

You aren't alone. It took me a couple of weeks to catch one also. I was feeding the cave entrance to keep the crab from eating my coral and little guys. It was a fluke how I caught mine. By hand.

 

[Hely'sreef1]

You aren't alone. It took me a couple of weeks to catch one also. I was feeding the cave entrance to keep the crab from eating my coral and little guys. It was a fluke how I caught mine. By hand.

I have a deep tank, as soon as I see one I go into kill mode but they take off very quickly!

 

[Katrina71]

I know! Trust me!!! Pretty sure mine said na na ne boo boo when I missed.

 

[Katrina71]

It took so long to catch him we even gave ours a name.

 

[kashman100]

I had a ton of crabs come in on live rock (About 20). I would use really long tweezers with krill and hold it next to the area of the crab. I would hold it just out of its reach to get it out of its hole far enough. Then I would quickly let go if the food and grab the crab. Obviously some took more than 1 attempt but it worked well