http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 20 Jun 2026 08:19:26 +0000 Sun, 27 Jul 2014 20:17:12 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.03 360 www.utahreefs.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=72321 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/1by1.gif http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/ http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=72321&PID=570841&title=crab-id#570841 Author: Mark Peterson
Subject: 72321
Posted: July 27 2014 at 8:17pm

Aloha Barbara,

The crab you found in a rock was not in a snail shell, right? It lives in a hole in the rock and comes in to our tanks as a hitchhiker in Live Rock. That's why we call it a Rock Crab. I'll bet your Zoanthids will be just fine now.

Hermit Crabs in shells, in fact all crabs in general typically don't start eating coral unless they are really hungry. In a new tank like yours they can get hungry enough to start eating coral, so it's a good idea to keep only a few hermits.

It's fortunate you got that Rock Crab out. In existing large displays, where the rock is not easily removed, there are two ways to handle it; 1) jab into the hole with a thin stick to kill the Rock Crab or 2) place a baited glass jar next to the rock on a 60 degree angle. When the crab goes after the bait that night, it can't climb back out of the jar.

Aloha
]]> Sun, 27 Jul 2014 20:17:12 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=72321&PID=570841&title=crab-id#570841 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=72321&PID=570828&title=crab-id#570828 Author: Fish Mama
Subject: 72321
Posted: July 27 2014 at 3:03pm

Something has eaten my zoas. I thought it might have been this crab, but I took a rock out last night that has a crab in it with brown and white striped legs. Any ideas?]]> Sun, 27 Jul 2014 15:03:57 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=72321&PID=570828&title=crab-id#570828 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=72321&PID=570821&title=crab-id#570821 Author: Mike Savage
Subject: 72321
Posted: July 27 2014 at 12:58pm

It looks like a Left-handed Hermit Crab to me.]]> Sun, 27 Jul 2014 12:58:10 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=72321&PID=570821&title=crab-id#570821 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=72321&PID=570813&title=crab-id#570813 Author: Fish Mama
Subject: 72321
Posted: July 27 2014 at 10:30am

What type of crab is this? Would it have been responsible for eating my zoanthids? Thanks.]]> Sun, 27 Jul 2014 10:30:05 +0000 http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=72321&PID=570813&title=crab-id#570813