bad hitch hicker

[TRe]

ok a few months ago i noticed what looked kinda like an over sized emerald crab only hes not green in my 30 gallon... he usually stays under the rock but in the same place.... well the rock he chills under now has all the old shells my hemits were in plus most of my snails shells too.... how can i trap him?? what should i do?

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

any way to get a pic? that thing sounds cool. you might be able to bait a glass and wait.

 

[Mahamotorworks]

This is a thread about catching Feeder fish but it should work with the crab you have. http://www.myfishtank.net/forum/fre...id-uneaten-feeders.html?highlight=Feeder+trap

You can bait it with a hermit or snail like he eats any way.

MAHA

The title should have been "How to get rid of unwanted Crabs?" It would have been funny.

 

[TRe]

lol ill take a pic right now gimme a few minutes

 

[TRe]

he hid wen i walked up to the tank so this is just a pic of his pile of shells but ill get a pic next time i notice him out

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

... i cant see it....

 

[TRe]

cant see the pic or the crab?? cause the crab aint in the pic

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

ohhhh.... no wonder i couldnt see the crab. lol. any way you could get a ic of it? we moght be able to figure out what it is and devise a plan to catch it. plus im just curious.

 

[TRe]

so ahhh any suggestions????

 

[FWSWBW]

Hi, I think you might be able to suck him out with a turkey baster..depending on how big it is. You can cut the long portion of the turkey baster off until the hole is big enough..bait him with some food and let er rip. I know someone who did this and it worked..or you can get traps on the auction site..but crabs are pretty smart and they often oviod these. it's worth a try

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

you might be able to prop a glass on a rock at an angle and bait it, and then wait. the crab goes inside and cant climb out because of the slick sides.

 

[juggernaut303]

i have herd of the turkey baster but in a different way my friend blew the crab out. It works as long as you have access to the other side?

 

[FWSWBW]

I suppose either way would work..I would try the glass thing too..sounds like it might work. How big is it? Do you have any other crabs in there?

 

[TRe]

yea i wanna use the glass thing... seems like itll work but what should i use as bait??? i usually just feed mysis and krill so thats all i have layin around right now

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

maybe a hermit? he seems to fancy those.

 

[TRe]

im not guna sacrafice a hermit ... and besides i think he ate them all

 

[Dadstank]

Most likely he would go for just about anything you have for food... if he did eat all of your hermits he will be looking for about anything to eat....

I remember someone building a trap with a plastic tube with one end capped with small holes in it and on the open end was a hole with a string tied to it... when the crab went into the tube (for bait) he pulled the tube up n out.

Just a thought...

 

[TRe]

i think ima try it with some krill... ill let u kno if it works

 

[TRe]

i finally caught this crab last nite *thumbsups now i can start buying hermits and snails again

 

[Mahamotorworks]

What kind of crab is it?

MAHA