I found one crab and put it in my sump and I just took the rock and put it in there with it in the rock but now I found another crab and it's bigger than the one that I already gotten out and there hairy and brown with black on them but I don't know how they got in the tank and I don't know how to get this big one out because he is in a big rock that I don't want to take out of the tank so does anyone know a way to get it out so I can put it in my sump??
Hitchhiker crabs
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nautical_nathaniel
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You can trap them in a bottle, use something like a small gatorade bottle and place a little bit of food in it. Place it near where you last saw the crab with the opening towards the rock. I would put something that it has to work at eating such as some chopped squid or a clam on the halfshell.
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Ok thanks and do this at night when I turn the light off? And use like a 24 ounce Gatorade bottle or something with a big opening because it's pretty big and the one that I already gotten out of there was half the size of this one
nautical_nathaniel
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The crab has to be able to fit through it, so something like a gatorade bottle will work but you also want the opening to be small enough that you can quickly pick the bottle up without the crab scurrying out of it. If you can find a milk bottle style glass bottle that would probably work better. Glass is heavier and doesn't tend to move around as much.
Something like the following should work (I think the easiest drink to find with this bottle style would be a large Yoo-Hoo).
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Yeah I'll get a Yoo- Hoo bottle thanks for your help again and I should put the bottle in at night after the light is off rightThe crab has to be able to fit through it, so something like a gatorade bottle will work but you also want the opening to be small enough that you can quickly pick the bottle up without the crab scurrying out of it. If you can find a milk bottle style glass bottle that would probably work better. Glass is heavier and doesn't tend to move around as much.
Something like the following should work (I think the easiest drink to find with this bottle style would be a large Yoo-Hoo).
nautical_nathaniel
Indecision may or may not be my problem.
With nuisance crabs, nighttime is best
happy to help!
