Help, There is a monster in my tank

[peteyboyny]

Oh, and Paul might be onto something there...
Fight a monster with a monster. Maybe throw a Peacock Mantis shrimp in there! End of crab problem. Assuming your glass is thick enough.

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

Oh, and Paul might be onto something there...
Fight a monster with a monster. Maybe throw a Peacock Mantis shrimp in there! End of crab problem. Assuming your glass is thick enough.

End of reef life all together lol

 

[peteyboyny]

End of reef life all together lol

Although, a Mantis shrimp MAY be easier to trap out afterwards. Also, assuming it eats the crab BEFORE it eats everything else in the tank. Lol. Just a thought.
Maybe QT what she can, and turn that Mantis loose!
peacock mantis shrimp vs. mithrax crab: http://youtu.be/W5K4hbndK68

 

[skimmerman100]

Although, a Mantis shrimp MAY be easier to trap out afterwards. Also, assuming it eats the crab BEFORE it eats everything else in the tank. Lol. Just a thought.
Maybe QT what she can, and turn that Mantis loose!
peacock mantis shrimp vs. mithrax crab: http://youtu.be/W5K4hbndK68

I think it is a mithrax(emerald) crab too its just over sized they can be red or black or dark brown

 

[peteyboyny]

Definitely not a emerald crab but, looks to be another type of mithrax.

 

[skimmerman100]

Definitely not a emerald crab but, looks to be another type of mithrax.

Look at the cups on the claws in the pictures

 

[skimmerman100]

The pictures are of it's sheded shell. It's in a wonton soup container for size reference.
I have no idea how it came to be in my tank. I haven't bought any LR, or dead for that matter in yearsssssssssssssss.

I believe it is beating up some of my fish, and would not be surprised if the fish that disapeared were done in by it. Currently my sailfin has chopped up dorsal fin, and my Potters Angelfish is missing it's tail.

I have tried the bottle with silversides in it, and it has not gone for it. What else can I try to get this thing out of my tank?

Were u able to take a close up of the claws?

 

[peteyboyny]

Look at the cups on the claws in the pictures

Looks more like 3rd one down under Mithrax.
http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchcrabs.html

 

[homegrowncichlid]

Looks like one of the many locally caught crabs I get when I pull up seaweed clusters here in Long Island. I don't pay too much attention to them, the only ones I've really identified are the Asian shore crab. So many species out there, but they all go for fish and clams. Maybe this might help?
http://njscuba.net/biology/sw_crabs.html

 

[ravi197699]

wow this can be the reason that you are missing some of your livestock..

 

[fredro]

The live rock tank at country critters in patchogue on LI is crawling with them!

 

[Awibrandy]

He/she has been caught! :sgrin:

Of course I forgot to take pix of the rock work!:screama:

 

[Bulldog5]

Nice!

 

[ohana888]

grind it up and feed it!

 

[rookie07]

Congrats on the catch!!

I hope it doesn't have to die

 

[Awibrandy]

Congrats on the catch!!

I hope it doesn't have to die

I put it in a quart size wonton soup container with holes in the lid, and sides. I don't know what to do with it. Anyone have any ideas other then to cook, grind, kill it? That is if it is still a life.

 

[thirty6]

Would a pet store take it for display predator tank?

 

[Awibrandy]

It was dead by the next morning. Guess it didn't like it's new accommodations.