Deadly Crabs/lobster

[sentosaJUN]

I NEED YOUR ADVISE FELLOW MEMBERS. By the way, I'm glad to inform you that I just joined the club hoping to broaden my knowledge with your help and guidance concerning marine fish/corals keeping.

At the moment, I'm keeping a marine fish. But it is unfortunate that some of my marine fishes are being secretely attacked by the hermit crabs and small lobster normally hiding inside the crevices of the rocks not to mentioned the brutal murder of my boxing shrimps in the claws of these pesters.

In view of danger my fishes are facing, I'm seeking your advise, to give me some idea how to eliminate these pesters inside my tank without touching my live rocks.

Hoping to hear from you guys! Thanks.

sentosaJUN

[SpiderOne]

i think its more likely a mantis than a lobster

[IcecruncherZ]

Sounds like my nightmare... royal gramma... 4 line wrasse... long slender fishes sure disappear mysteriously at night.

But my nightmare stopped after i got my Fridmani (orchid) dottyback. I think he killed my mantis. Hehz.

[dodo]

my lobster dun disturb any of my fish.

u sure yours is a lobster or a mantis?

[chrislwp]

I was told that crab was optopus favourite food.

[Regal]

:idea: Yeh ! Good idea , to put in the Octopus to kill all the lobster , but ALL U fishes were gone.

[scooter blenny]

i think its more likely a mantis than a lobster

how does a mantis looks like? is it something like a shrimp without a horn and always hide in LR?

[boxfish]

is more like the fish die of other reason but you saw the crab/shrimp eating it?

[Razo]

make/use a trap to trap them..

[FuEl]

Take out the rock the 'thing' hides in...and nuke it!

[diabolus]

this is how the mantis shrimp(squilla oratoria) looks like....

almost like the "hei po" aka crayfish...

[FuEl]

Yea..mantis shrimp..big ones can even crack glass.

Divers term them as 'thumb splitters'

Be careful!

[seamonkee]

I heard that mantis shrimps are standard seafood fare in Hong Kong..

Not sure how they would taste... they are called "pissing" shrimps over there... I wonder why????!

[SpiderOne]

I heard that mantis shrimps are standard seafood fare in Hong Kong..

Not sure how they would taste... they are called "pissing" shrimps over there... I wonder why????!

Coz they really piss u off