Help with crab ID

[twistedteq]

I found this molted shell a little while ago when my lights came on. I think it's a xanthid crab but i'm not 100% positive. Shell is about an inch across.

 

[MikeyZO]

looks like it might be. Sump it!

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

BAD BAD BAD WARNING WARNING WILL ROBINSON!!!!! SUMP THAT THING!!!!!

 

[twistedteq]

Thanks guys, i kinda figured that. I've had the tank running over a year now and this is the first evidence i've seen of a crab. I guess i'm going crab fishing tonight. Any tips on how to get this thing out in the open??

 

[MikeyZO]

you can try that cutting the top 1/3rd of a soda bottle off and flipping it into the rest of the bottle thing, so the crab can get in and not back out. I dont remember exactly how to make it, but Im sure its on here somewhere in the DIY section.

 

[Pedro Nuno Ferreira]

Thanks guys, i kinda figured that. I've had the tank running over a year now and this is the first evidence i've seen of a crab. I guess i'm going crab fishing tonight. Any tips on how to get this thing out in the open??

Hi twistedteq

Have a look here and here and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdZDU52sixw

a bit more sophisticated from a friend of mine....

http://www.reefforum.net/photopost/data/534/filme1.wmv

http://www.reefforum.net/photopost/data/534/filme2.wmv

http://www.reefforum.net/photopost/data/534/filme3.wmv

Cheers
Pedro Nuno;-)

 

[twistedteq]

very cool Pedro, thank you.