Hey y'all! So I just discovered a new hitchhiker in my reef community tank. This hitchhiker resides in a live rock I've had since mid-February of this year (2 mths). I am having a hard time identifying it. I have included a video I took today...
New Reef Hitchhiker Discovery
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Do you think it's stuck? Should I move the rock it's in?
haha I wish a fish would eat this pep shrimp. I feel like he is pestering some coral including my gold torch ;Nailbiting could just be cleaning it but I dunno
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I did introduce red and blue legged hermits in early March. I doubt it came in with them though... The backside of it looks hard shelled.
If it was me I would want to know what that is so I would move rocks and capture it in a acclimation box or the like to get good photos of it.
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Will do!
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I will update asap!
Some kinda crab, if you're able to take the rock out and put it over a bucket he will drop out and into the bucket eventually.
/Or else I would try to build a trap to get him out.
/Or else I would try to build a trap to get him out.
Leave a meaty bit of clam or mussel in a baby food or pickle jar tilted 45 degrees against a rock just after lights out.
The crab will go into the jar to get the food, but not be able to climb the glass walls.
The crab will go into the jar to get the food, but not be able to climb the glass walls.
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Currently it only eats the algae in its cave... I will attempt a slice of brine cube tonight and see if it will come out. Ty!
I can’t see your pictures so I’m not sure what you have. But I was just reading on a live rock website last night to dip the rocks in 1.040 salinity for a minute to get undesirable hitch hikers out of the rock.
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I posted videos. Here's a photo though...
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I posted videos. Here's a photo though...
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Red eyes, large crushing claws, Definitely not a crab you want to grow up in your reef tank. Baby food jar, strip of clam or squid or mussel.
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