King Kong Gorilla Crab!

[jabberwock]

I saw this beast when i first put 20 lbs of ocean live rock into the tank, but I had my hands full and could not grab it. I have been trying to trap it for a week or so to no avail but I could see the bait was getting chomped. Tonight I pulled rocks and was luck to find this diminutive crab, and exile him to the "sin bin". It is literally 1/4 inch across. I can't believe I actually found it. I believe it is a gorilla crab.

His name is King Kong!

 

[JoJosReef]

Looks like this guy, right? This is my gorilla I finally caught today after 10 months!

 

[jabberwock]

A mini me. When I first saw it, it was on the bottom of the glass waving its tiny black tipped claws at me and saying, "Hey Hey Hey Hey!"

I have not put in fish yet, glad I got him out!

 

[kingoftheHiLLpeople]

A mini me. When I first saw it, it was on the bottom of the glass waving its tiny black tipped claws at me and saying, "Hey Hey Hey Hey!"

I have not put in fish yet, glad I got him out!

Thats called a sump muppet!

 

[jabberwock]

Thats called a sump muppet!

My sump is an unattached 15.5 gallon tank in my basement. AKA "the sin bin".

 

[kingoftheHiLLpeople]

My sump is an unattached 15.5 gallon tank in my basement. AKA "the sin bin".

Bahahaha! The sin bin!? I love it!

 

[jabberwock]

Bahahaha! The sin bin!? I love it!

It is a hockey reference to the penalty box.

 

[kingoftheHiLLpeople]

It is a hockey reference to the penalty box.

Never heard it used in reference to a sump lol

 

[Lavey29]

I think I've been to the Sin Bin a few times....Vegas right?

 

[PeterEde]

Put a pistol in there. That'll sort it out
I have or had some largish black claw red crabs which tend to get dismantled. Can only guess it's the pistol shrimp I know I have or my missing Mantis that I've not seen in ages.
Although so far no one has killed my banded coral shrimp. knock on wood

 

[jabberwock]

Put a pistol in there. That'll sort it out
I have or had some largish black claw red crabs which tend to get dismantled. Can only guess it's the pistol shrimp I know I have or my missing Mantis that I've not seen in ages.
Although so far no one has killed my banded coral shrimp. knock on wood

No sand... Pistol would be sad.

 

[1epauletteshark]

Put a pistol in there. That'll sort it out
I have or had some largish black claw red crabs which tend to get dismantled. Can only guess it's the pistol shrimp I know I have or my missing Mantis that I've not seen in ages.
Although so far no one has killed my banded coral shrimp. knock on wood

How does your mantis shrimp go missing…

 

[PeterEde]

How does your mantis shrimp go missing…

Pretty sure I sucked it up when I did a vacuum. It went down the drain with the rest of the crap

 

[1epauletteshark]

Pretty sure I sucked it up when I did a vacuum. It went down the drain with the rest of the crap

Oh you don’t water change with a bucket?

 

[PeterEde]

Oh you don’t water change with a bucket?

I replaced half my sand with a coarser sand and unknowingly sucked it up. Is all I can think. Not seen since then. Now 6 months ago.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

If you have a crab being dismantled, homie may be hiding

I replaced half my sand with a coarser sand and unknowingly sucked it up. Is all I can think. Not seen since then. Now 6 months ago.

 

[PeterEde]

If you have a crab being dismantled, homie may be hiding

Nah he/it would come out for food before. It was a cool critter

 

[1epauletteshark]

Nah he/it would come out for food before. It was a cool critter

Definitely in 6 months he would be out