Who keeps Gorilla Crabs? I have one!

Zero1091 · Dec 6, 2019

ReeferNtraining said:
Wow! Is that a gorilla? He’s not really hairy??
Glad you caught him though, after all that destruction!

Not sure if its a gorilla but darn thing was making me grow grey hairs.
After catching em I wanted to launch em across the street and leave it for the birds. dang my heart of gold though, I donated em to a LFS.

ReeferNtraining · Dec 7, 2019

Dierks said:
You nailed it - They are also cold water. I love the idea that these little guys came off the same coast I surfed for several years in Souther Cali (San Clemente) when I had to run away from home for a bit.

Man, I totally get that! That is cool. What temp do you keep those guys in and what else do you have?

Im from Ohio and we vaca to the Keys or USVI ever year just so I can snorkel (Haven’t made the transition to diving yet). I came home last year and HAD to have a Caribbean Tang juvenile : ) So I get it!

ReeferNtraining · Dec 7, 2019

Zero1091 said:
Not sure if its a gorilla but darn thing was making me grow grey hairs.
After catching em I wanted to launch em across the street and leave it for the birds. dang my heart of gold though, I donated em to a LFS.

Lol...I can’t say I wouldn’t have done any different. Good for you! Although he is a pretty bad butt looking crab!

Dierks · Dec 7, 2019

ReeferNtraining said:
What temp do you keep those guys in and what else do you have?

Its only a small 13 Gallon so now I am trying to figure out any sort of additions I can even put in there. I keep the temp at 68 and will go up to around 71 give or take. I am part of a cold water group on facebook and have to ask one guy to collect anything off the CA coast as he has the correct permits to collect. I cant seem to buy from any stores or anything like that for cold water animals as the entire industry is pretty much warm water obviously. I simply got the snail on mistake as they shouldn't have been in the warm water system I pulled them out of. I mean who really knows much about snails when they are ordering them for resale you know. (It was a Petco)

ReeferNtraining · Dec 7, 2019

Dierks said:
Its only a small 13 Gallon so now I am trying to figure out any sort of additions I can even put in there. I keep the temp at 68 and will go up to around 71 give or take. I am part of a cold water group on facebook and have to ask one guy to collect anything off the CA coast as he has the correct permits to collect. I cant seem to buy from any stores or anything like that for cold water animals as the entire industry is pretty much warm water obviously. I simply got the snail on mistake as they shouldn't have been in the warm water system I pulled them out of. I mean who really knows much about snails when they are ordering them for resale you know. (It was a Petco)

Good for you man, that’s awesome. I envy your passion with it and as one of the non Facebook users, that is one thing that almost encourages me to join... but I just can’t do it lol

Dierks · Dec 7, 2019

ReeferNtraining said:
that almost encourages me to join

DO NOT DO IT!!!!

Hemmdog · Dec 7, 2019

Dierks said:
Its only a small 13 Gallon so now I am trying to figure out any sort of additions I can even put in there. I keep the temp at 68 and will go up to around 71 give or take. I am part of a cold water group on facebook and have to ask one guy to collect anything off the CA coast as he has the correct permits to collect. I cant seem to buy from any stores or anything like that for cold water animals as the entire industry is pretty much warm water obviously. I simply got the snail on mistake as they shouldn't have been in the warm water system I pulled them out of. I mean who really knows much about snails when they are ordering them for resale you know. (It was a Petco)

What’s the Facebook group called? That sounds awesome. I really want to have a cold water system too one day.

ReeferNtraining · Dec 7, 2019

Dierks said:
DO NOT DO IT!!!!

Brother, I’ve made it this long without signing up. It would take a lot for me to start now. Although your post has made me question myself lol

Dierks · Dec 7, 2019

Hemmdog said:
What’s the Facebook group called? That sounds awesome. I really want to have a cold water system too one day.

Here you are @Hemmdog : https://www.facebook.com/groups/ColdwaterOwners/

You can find all the suppliers as well once the group approves you. Or I can copy and paste them for you as well.

Also @Subnautica I am so sorry if I jacked your post.

Jamo7 · Dec 7, 2019

Funny story about crabs. When I first went down the salt road my Neice was in town and caught a small crab at the local beach. She brought it to my house seeking sanctuary. I gave in because I was new to salt and my Neice could easily melt anyone’s heart with the bat of an eye. So I tossed it in (thinking it would die by morning and I could tell her I didn’t know what happened) nope! It lived terrorized my corals for a night, somehow got out of the tank and made its way to my front door (which is nowhere near my tank) and I found it trying to squeeze its way under my front door. Mildly freaked out I threw it in my front yard which it may or may not have made its way back to the ocean. I’m guessing it did get back and I’m sure it’s fine. I did some research after the fact and found out it was a “shore crab” highly invasive crab so I’m glad it hated my tank.