Setup traps for crabs

[kokhui]

Anyone can share how to setup traps for catching the small crabs in the tank?

[diabolus]

use a small round neck bottle, about a 3 to 4 inches tall.

put some shrimp meat or fish meat in it.

place the bottle on the sand bed in a position that the carb can get to it(next to a piece of rock or something), make sure ur fishes or shrimps dun get to it.

leave it over night.

should be able to get some crabs.

[kokhui]

Gee! Thanks. Will try this out the weekend.

[ervine]

for me doesn't really work leh, most of the time either the cleaner shrimp grabs the meat or I catch my hermits...

So far the best method I've had was to actually pull out the rock that the crab is hiding in, then shake/tap/poke until the crab falls out... then the fate of the crab is up to you.. i just throw them into the fuge, never to be seen again...

[diabolus]

wat to do...IMO...its the best way to catch them without having to touch your aqua scaping.

[FelixSu]

use essence of chicken bottle. use 2 to 3 rubber bands to make a cross or a star pattern across the opening of the bottle.

bury it diagonally into the sand bed,

the rubber bands are to prevent shrimps from getting the prawn meat, as their feelers cannot fit into the bottle due to the rubber bands.

crabs will crawl in, but its too slippery to climb out.

[nicken]

hmm.. great idea.

[ervine]

use essence of chicken bottle. use 2 to 3 rubber bands to make a cross or a star pattern across the opening of the bottle.

bury it diagonally into the sand bed,

the rubber bands are to prevent shrimps from getting the prawn meat, as their feelers cannot fit into the bottle due to the rubber bands.

crabs will crawl in, but its too slippery to climb out.

Good idea!!! but wont stop the poor hermits

[diabolus]

if the crabs can go in, the hermits definitely can....

but wat to do....most to most remove the hermits the next day lor.

[Clownfish]

how bout larger crabs??

i got a crab size of 2~3 fingers in my tank

[ervine]

how bout larger crabs??

i got a crab size of 2~3 fingers in my tank

wah that's abt as big as a sally light foot...

[Clownfish]

wah that's abt as big as a sally light foot...

it's those big red eye crab

nurtured him from small from day 1 until now... "kia si lang" i oso dun believe my own eye ah....