Caught a mystery crab. Now what?

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  1. Alohastate335i

    Alohastate335i Fire Worm

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    In a failed attempt to catch a pistol shrimp I ended up catching a white furry crab last night using a inverted bottle trap . I'm wondering what I should do with it? Any suggestions?
     
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  2. reefmonkey

    reefmonkey Giant Squid

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    Sump or fuge until you can get a positive ID.
     
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  3. ComputerJohn

    ComputerJohn Panda Puffer

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    I agree. It's either good or bad. Why the pistol?

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    stepho Panda Puffer

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    Send him to me! White and furry sounds like a teddy bear crab. Not reef safe.

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  5. Alohastate335i

    Alohastate335i Fire Worm

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    Thanks for the replys! I'll take a picture of it when I get home from work as it is still on the bottle. But I agree with Stepho, looks like a Teddy Bear crab.

    He never gave me any problems but I might end up getting some corals in the near future. As for the Pistol that I want to trap. He makes this loud popping sounds that I hear almost every night and also makes alot of holes under my LR.
     
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    Alohastate335i Fire Worm

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    I called my lfs and they said they will take him. I'm not sure what they're gonna do with him though. Here are the pics of the furry little creature.
     

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  7. Aaarrrggg

    Aaarrrggg Plankton

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    The 2nd pic looks like he's sulking that he got caught hehe! :D
     
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  8. malac0da13

    malac0da13 Torch Coral

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    Good luck trying to catch the pistol shrimp. You will probably end up tearing apart your rock work to get it out. I couldn't get mine out until I was tearing down the tank. Was the pistol a hitchhiker or did you add him?

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  9. Alohastate335i

    Alohastate335i Fire Worm

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    Yea, he's a hitchhiker. I'm either going to do like you said and tear apart my rocks to catch him or maybe add a goby hoping that they pair up.
     
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