Acro colony w/ commensul crab help!!!! UPDATED WITH PICS!

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  1. ingtar_shinowa

    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    Ok, my LFS listen to me and started getting in stuff I want, so I want to support them. They have in a baseball sized blue acro colony and it has a crab!!!!!
    The problem is i don't want to place it in my system without a good dipping, but I don't want to kill the crab. HOW DO I SAFELY REMOVER THE CRAB?? I want to remove him, dip the colony, rinse twice reintroduce the guy, then place in my DT.
    What do you guys think?
     
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  2. project1

    project1 Spaghetti Worm

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    well you can try the same way you get mantis shrimp outa rocks and squirt some distilled water or seltzer water on em and they will pretty much jump off and be fine. just a thought iv read it wont hurt anything
     
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  3. kcbrad

    kcbrad Giant Squid

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    Maybe you could gently nudge him out with something?
     
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  4. blackraven1425

    blackraven1425 Giant Squid

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    Chase him off with a toothpick, into a bit of tank/bag water.
     
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  5. gabbagabbawill

    gabbagabbawill Pajama Cardinal

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    be careful, my lfs had an acro crab, tried to remove it from the acro for me and accidentally broke his shell... he didn't make it... I felt bad for trying to remove him from his acro. I guess their shells aren't so tough... or maybe this one had recently molted... that said, I wouldn't force him out, but maybe the distilled water trick will work....
     
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  6. Nor_Cal_Guy

    Nor_Cal_Guy Gigas Clam

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    Make sure it's a good acro crab....
     
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  7. WWC

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    They are very hard to remove with out either damaging the acro or the crab. I would be careful squirting fresh water into the acro. If you try to nudge him just be mindful that they are fast. They also like to move and wedge themselves in between the branches.
     
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  8. ingtar_shinowa

    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    thanks for the tip...... i guess ill try and if he doesnt come out... well ill cross that bridge when it comes
     
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  9. ingtar_shinowa

    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    Well the toothpick plan worked great! Got him out after about 5 minutes of ring around the acro and dipped my coral. I rinsed the colony 3 times to make sure all the CoralRX was out of the ranches and coaxed him back into the colony, I'll start a new thread with pics of the acro at lights on. Thanks for all the tips everyone!!!!!!!
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    http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee392/ingtar_shinowa/IMG_0904.jpg?t=1287166709
    Hem might not be the prettiest acro crab ever (my dismal photo skills dont help) but I love him and hes mine now!!
     
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  10. Nor_Cal_Guy

    Nor_Cal_Guy Gigas Clam

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    Is he brown and fuzzy???
     
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