Hairy crab

[tfrancis]

Hi, there

Can anyone advise if the crabs that comes with the live rock is harmful to the aquarium ?

Just found 2 crabs which is hairy, did not manage to get any pictures as they hid itself very fast.

Anyway to remove the crabs ?

[Achilles Tang]

Kill them. PESTS!

Use pinchers to grab or stab them.

[ReDDeviLs]

stab? hahahaha i saw 1 of them dead on my seabed this morning.

[tfrancis]

roger.

thanks, will start hunting

[pospeh]

This month's Reef Keeping magazine seems to suggest that not all hairy crabs are bad, especially the ones found with Acros.

[blacknails]

Would many of thme die due to the high ammonia and nitrites during cycling? Just curious..

[metals99]

crabs are hardy leh.. can find them in dirty waters..

[garan]

get them out ASAP. just lost 1 sleeper goby and 1 clown about 2 day ago. and Also i saw him grad my red tip anenomo too. now setting trap hope that able to catch him alive and put him on the frying pan. HeHe

[solo]

May I know how to make a crab trap?

[Achilles Tang]

This month's Reef Keeping magazine seems to suggest that not all hairy crabs are bad, especially the ones found with Acros.

The white eyes hairy crab found in acros are DEFINITELY bad ones.

The white pinkish ones with a black band across their face are good.

As long as the crabs are hairy... in my book... they are out the door just to be safe.

[Dispar_Anthias]

The white eyes hairy crab found in acros are DEFINITELY bad ones.

The white pinkish ones with a black band across their face are good.

As long as the crabs are hairy... in my book... they are out the door just to be safe.

Eh as long as they are crabs, its a no no in my tank.

[mAriNe_enthusiast]

Do a search...cos somewhere in this forum, there's s thread on a diy crab trap using brands bottle...haha, i was quite amazed by it.

But still no crabs in my tank has fallen into that trap yet

Will definitely try again soon.