Jeremy Smith
New Member
I recently got back into the hobby after several years and just had my tank setup. Before I had a couple of tanks, but they were all Fish only, setup with dry base rock and sand. This time I wanted to try some coral in the tank. When I had my tank setup I went with Live Rock this time and that's where my problem is. I know whenever you go with Live Rock you run the risk of a few hitchhikers, I get that. Problem is the rock I got has more than just a couple. Don't get me wrong most are okay, but I've already pulled over a dozen mantis and pistol shrimp and at least half that in crabs. I got most of them by pulling all 150 pounds of rock and doing a freshwater dip. I kept the rock in bins out of the tank, so I could listen for any signs of more and today when I was pulling some of the rock to get ready to start putting it back in the tank, I noticed another crab right away. I really like the rock and it has a lot of nice growth on it, clams, oysters, coralline, halimeda, dragon's breath, among other things. Does anyone know of a way to get rid of the pests without killing everything else, or at least minimize it?
