Got A Killer Hitchhiker

[adambrum]

It seems i have a killer in my tank, found a dead hermit after about a week of having my lr and just put it down to being dead when i got the rock but last night i found one of my hermits missing a claw and a couple of legs. the legs where by a hole in the rocks so i sat up last night to see if anything was in there and sure enough there's a crab about 1" dark brown very shy even a red light made him scuttle back into the rock.

I know its a long shot but any ideas as to what it may be its quite a beefy crab looks like the ones you eat and any ideas of how to catch the little bugger. the hole i think he is in has about 3 exits and he may have moved to another rock all ready.

I was thinking about the bottle trap but im sure my hermits will get there first

 

[kkyyllee]

it could be a mantis?

 

[atmmachine816]

You could set up multiple bottle traps and stay up and hope he goes in one.

 

[adambrum]

def a crab i saw it last night but its the first time i have seen it and i have stayed up a few night to see what happens at night and never seen it before.

just found another dead hermit but its not one i put in ?

 

[SLC Flyfishing]

Pull your hermits out, then do a bottle trap overnight, you could stick you hermits in a jar of saltwater overnight I'd think. You won't have any before long anyway if you don't do something quick.

SLC

 

[Maximus]

If you dont want to risk them overnight in a jar,
Put them in a breeding trap at the top of the tank



Maximus

 

[SLC Flyfishing]

If you dont want to risk them overnight in a jar,
Put them in a breeding trap at the top of the tank



Maximus

ooh yeah that's a much better idea

I'm dissapointed that I didn't think of that straight away.

SLC

 

[mark7616]

Does it look like this? If so get it out and kill it.

 

[@ombomb]

Still have one of those that I'm trying to catch.

 

[adambrum]

Thats the one what are they ?

bad news is i have 2, seen a smaller one tonight, good news is theres a trap in there now got my mithrax crab and hermits in breeding boxs hung around the tank the trap caught my mithrax in 10 mins!

 

[SLC Flyfishing]

That's a Gorilla crab isn't it?

SLC