My nemesis: A hairy Gorilla Crab

[JiminyCat]

I've tried almost every trick in the book to capture this crab but it's winning. Before I left for vacation, I thought I had finally solved the issue by entombing it alive with epoxy putty in its hiding hole deep within the lowest and largest base rock of my build. I really crammed a lot into the hole. But I came home from my trip this evening to find my six line wrasse MIA and my red starfish missing an appendage. And sure enough, I see the crab hiding in another hole in the base rock of the reef. In the past, I have tried stabbing it and trapping it using the tilted glass method. But nothing has been successful. I have a 29 gallon tank and now am thinking of removing all the rock and steaming the large base. Will removing and rebuilding like this force a new cycling of the tank? Ammonia spike?

 

[glb]

Oh my. What a naughty crab.

 

[CannibalisticTurtle]

I had the same problem. I sent in a large mantis shrimp I got for free from my LFS and problem solved. Fell in love with them after that. Been without one now for like 6 months and my tank feels empty...

 

[Mattyice008]

Sounds like a good meal for my peacock mantis :D. Have you tried making a trap?

 

[Chelle's Ocean]

Jump on ebay and snag a bait trap for a buck,lol... then yank that sucker outta there! :) The small ones from China are SMALL lol - wouldn't take up much room in your tank, but big enough to catch the culprit :)