I had aquired an Acropora head with a rather larg-ish, fuzzy-red crab. At the time I thought it was a commensural Acropora Crab. People said it was bad, and would eat my corals. Well, I kinda suspected it, but never paid it much attention. Of late, I've been noticing a lot of the terminal polyps missing on my Acro's... I mean a lot of them. I've since witnessed this crab taking his large claws and ripping the tip off some of my corals, and upon inspecting the tank, see he's done that to more than a few of them. So now I want to get this thing out of there. If I could catch him, I'd either put him in my sump (Puffer Food!), or be kind, and let him live out his days in the refugium. Unfortunately, after trying for a couple days, I can't seem to catch him. He's always buried down deep in the rock/corals now, and I don't want to tear apart half my tank just to catch this S.O.B. I thought I didn't care what happened to him, and figured the best bet would be to try and sneak up with a piece of rigid airline tubing, and just crush him (Worm Food!) But I find that every time I grab my piece of tubing and lift the lid, my conscience stops me from killing him. I doubt I could catch him with a conventional trap (with all the food available to him out in the open, what's the likelyhood he'd go down a tube?), and don't seem to have the 'nads to do it myself... any idea's?
- Mac
- Mac
