phuakl Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Hi, Anyone seen this spec of crab before? I found it in my rock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tofubox Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Its a Hairy crab. Pilumnus vespertilio. Just did a search on it, From http://tidechaser.blogspot.com/2010/02/semakau-walk-on-29-jan-2010.html) When i first saw this pic, i got a shock, followed by a good laugh. Looks like crab version of Chewbacca Quote I Love Stagsss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuakl Posted March 6, 2014 Author Share Posted March 6, 2014 Its a Hairy crab. Pilumnus vespertilio. Just did a search on it, From http://tidechaser.blogspot.com/2010/02/semakau-walk-on-29-jan-2010.html) When i first saw this pic, i got a shock, followed by a good laugh. Looks like crab version of Chewbacca Thanks for information. This crab ate my sand star, one of my bamboo shark and few of my fishes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tofubox Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Wow how did it eat your bamboo shark? Looks really nasty for its size Quote I Love Stagsss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuakl Posted March 7, 2014 Author Share Posted March 7, 2014 Wow how did it eat your bamboo shark? Looks really nasty for its size No idea. This guy came out during the night time. I guess it must be hungry... Lucky i got myself the trap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC82 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Wat trap u use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member woyeng** Posted May 22, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted May 22, 2014 Bro, can PM me what trap u use ? I have 2 to catch in me tank ! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowtang Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Share with you on my experience with the pest crabs when I first started Reefing. Some were caught with half cut inverted plastic bottle top. 2 others were speared when they got too big and exposed themselves easily at night. The last one was brilliant.Hid itself inside a slit on a steep rock, surrounded by zoas. Never lured by any traps or baits. Finally I decided to push pieces of stocking into the slit as well as other possible escape routes. I was hoping it will get its legs entangled to the stocking. Sure enough, I didn't see the crab again and not a single zoas was disturbed too. Years later, I found one of the stocking out in the tank. I guessed the crab met its Waterloo there. The only crab that I have now is strawberry Acro crabs. Think, you can win the battle. If not now, later , when the crab gets too big and has no place to hide. When they get bigger, you can see their pincers with body hidden. Using twizzers, destroy their pincers, without them which, the crab will not be able to get food and will perish. Cheers Yt Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member woyeng** Posted May 24, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted May 24, 2014 Thanks for the encouragement YT ! I m doing battle with crabs now... Caught a small one but was recently shocked by a bigger one hiding among the rocks that are quite inaccessible ... So now I wait for it to appear in the open... But I will be humane, when I catch it, it will be put in my sump with my 3 inch hermit crab Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonedwin Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Hi, Anyone seen this spec of crab before? I found it in my rock. I have never seen such a Species and ya, it is a pest. Hermit Crab, you can find many different ways on Google or YouTube to avoid such species (pest) in future. If you wish to know more about similar creatures click here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tang_sohal Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Firstlyi apologise for digging up an old thread. But facing problem with a hitchhiker crab. It really well camoflague. Tried using the inverted plastic bottle trick but didnt work. Hope that senior reefers can share other method to catch this crab which i think is called 'teddy bear crab' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member iskay Posted August 28, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted August 28, 2014 Firstlyi apologise for digging up an old thread. But facing problem with a hitchhiker crab. It really well camoflague. Tried using the inverted plastic bottle trick but didnt work. Hope that senior reefers can share other method to catch this crab which i think is called 'teddy bear crab' Has it down any damage? If not, why bother? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote "Be formless... shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle; it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot; it becomes the teapot. Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend..." - Lei Siu Lung (Bruce Lee) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tang_sohal Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 So far no. But heard that once its get bigger will start to nibble on corals and may eat fishes when they are sleeping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuakl Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 Hi, I didn't notice there is question posted. I bought this pest trap I put a small piece of prawn inside the trap and it worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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