How many of you have PEST CRABS in your tank?

Discussion in 'Inverts' started by yheartsp, Nov 6, 2009.

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Do you have pest crabs in your tank?

  1. Yes

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  2. No

    11 vote(s)
    61.1%
  3. I'm not sure

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  1. yheartsp

    yheartsp Purple Spiny Lobster

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    I have many pest crabs in my tank and they push my corals down very frequently which annoys the hell out of me :angry:
     
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  3. Barbarossa

    Barbarossa Sea Dragon

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    Love my corals, but crabs are just so cool.

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  4. jossmalo

    jossmalo Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    I have one crab that likes to throw a frag when he decides its time to clean under it. Couldn't just push it a little, but throws it off the cliff. lol.:smartass1
     
  5. yheartsp

    yheartsp Purple Spiny Lobster

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    What crab is it? it's quite annoying isn't it , damages your corals too.. mine happens at least once a week :confused:
     
  6. Barbarossa

    Barbarossa Sea Dragon

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    To be fair, I have a clownfish which is just as bad. Decided she didn't like one of my mushrooms and threw it off the rocks every time I put it back. So, it isn't just the crabs out to get corals.

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  7. yheartsp

    yheartsp Purple Spiny Lobster

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    Not so cool when they try to eat your anemone and push your corals ;D
    do you have crabs?
     
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  9. the fisherman

    the fisherman Vlamingii Tang

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  10. anpgp

    anpgp Dragon Wrasse

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    I had one for awhile, came in as a hitch hicker. He has since been removed. Now I'm crab free.
     
  11. =Jwin=

    =Jwin= Tassled File Fish

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    If anyone has a pest crab they want to get rid of, send him my way. I've got 2 mantis that would love to rip one apart :lol:
     
  12. steve wright

    steve wright Super Moderator

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    Jwin I would take you up on that

    I recently captured a hairy 2 inch specimen that seemed bent on bulldozing anything it came into contact with, this coupled with fin split on one of my clowns meant trapping time - 1st attempt with the trapest and a bit of mussel and I got it

    last night, another leg was seen being withdrawn into a hole in the rockwork

    I have multiple pest crabs

    Steve