Oh crap, gorilla crab!

Just found a molt of a large crab.. started thinking it was my emerald i hadnt seen in a while.. then noticed it was different.

Was light colored, very hairy, and had huge sharp claws.. have heard of gorilla crab horror stories in the past...

Decided to google.. and it looks EXACTLY the same... i havent got rock in months.. so must have been in there..

what do i do?

 

glass bottle trap!

 

LOL glass bottle trap? can i make one or?

 

yea take a glass cup and put something enticing at the bottom like a krill or something...
then place in your tank against the rock that you suspect it lives in on a slight slant.
come back in the morning and hopefully you have a present in the cup!

they cant crawl up glass so they get stuck in there... cheapest trap out there

 

Hmm will try that

 

try this guys trap.. he cut the top of the bottle off then put it inside of the bottle so he cant climb up the nose of it to get out....
lol hard explaining but ull see what i mean lol
http://www.reefsanctuary.com/photopost/data/508/medium/CrabTrap.jpg

 

I saw that one.. good idea... i think i have a bottle laying around.. i just have a big tank.. so not sure where to stick the bottle.. may make 2 or 3 of them if i can

 

yea lol i have a mantis shrimp somewhere around my 55 lol and i have no idea where to put the trap lol so i just stuck it under the rocks hopeing hell find it lol

 

I have a 6 foot 125g lol... :-(

 

The glass or bottle trap may take a couple of tries and you need to make sure the container is positioned in a way that the crab can get into it, They also have a good reach it needs to be tall enough that the crab can't pull itself out by the rim. If all else fails and you can remove the LR it hides in and put it in QT, it will be easier to use the trap. That's what I ended up doing.