scared the *&%%^ out of me...Gorilla crab

[graphixx]

Allright. Last night I was spot feeding some of my corals last night and decided to give my green serpent star a little treat of a piece of shiner. So I put a piece on the end of my feeding prod and stuck it by his rock that he allways lurks under. Well he was just getting ready to come out when all of a sudden. This claw comes shooting out of one of the holes in the rock and snatched the shiner. Well I screamed like a scared little girl and almost fell over in my chair. I looked around to see what it was but could not see. Well this morning I got another piece of shiner and did the same thing. But this time I was ready. And just like before he darted his claw out to snatch the shiner. huh well sneaky me I moved the shiner a little further up the rock to try and lure him out to see what the **** this thing was. And then ANOTHER claw reached out of a different hole and snatched the shiner from me. So freaked out was I. I got the rock and took it out of the tank a took a turkey baster and squirted all of the holes. Well one of the little buggars came out. A little gorilla crab about the size of a dime. Well I banished him to the sump and got a flash light and was peeking in and out of holes. I found the 2nd one. I had to break the rock to get him out.Into the sump he went as well.

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Here is a pic of the larger of the 2.

Here is the kicker. I have not added one single piece of rock to that tank for at least 8 months!!!!!!! Those little turds have been lurking in there for that long. Goes to show you, you just never know what your going to run into in this hobby. That is one of the reasons I love it.

[graphixx]

whoops sorry that is the wrong pic of the crab. That is one of the little crabs I caught in seattle on vacation. I will find a pic of the gorillas and post them.

[dakar]

:lol: Angel and I wanna her the 'scared little girl scream'. That's funny. How many of those little buggers you got in the refuge now? You had posted a good pic of them setting on a mound of chaeto ealier, they look like they could put a serious hurt on any slow moving fish.

[Guido]

LoL, that's awesome, and quite funny. :lol:

[graphixx]

as of this morning i have a total of 4 gorilla crabs, 1 bulldozing turbo the size of a ping pong ball. Those are my little sump buddies :D yeah I could not bieleve that they have been in there that long without me seeing one of them. I am allways looking in my tank after lights out with my red light. Oh yeah it freaked the heck out of me. my wife allmost peed her pants when I screamed

[jerryc]

that is just to Funny

[Guido]

I wonder if Alice would find this funny? :-)

[Alice]

How old are you? I am always on the Web.

[Guido]

I am 19, how old are you Alice?

[Alice]

What is your fondest memory?

[Guido]

How old are you Alice?

[Alice]

I was first activated on 2054.

[Guido]

You were activated on the year 2054?

[Guido]

Are you there Alice?

[Alice]

I'm still here.

[Guido]

Were you activated on the year 2054?

[flame]

May I suggest that you set up a video camera when you feed. I would be glad to host the video for all to see. LOL Great story thanks for the laugh.

[graphixx]

Yeah glad that my misfortune brings all of you a giggle. No just kidding. Yeah if you could of seen my wife laughing her a$$ off I am sure you all would of been right there lauging as hard as she was. I actually got a good laugh after my heart slowed down a bit. :D I actually saw one of the little buggars in the sump this morning.

[flame]

Never laugh at you just with you. Well most of the time anyway :smt043

[graphixx]

oh man I know I was laughing at my self when it was all said and done. :D

[zoo-a-holic]

Wow. That is hilarious. I would have loved to hear that girly scream! lol, so are these crabs a "fish killer"?

[graphixx]

oh yeah they are opportunistic hunters. anything that they can clamp onto they will kill and eat.

[zoo-a-holic]

and they are a hitchhiker??? Wow i better not find one

[Guido]

LoL. I would find it interesting to find a couple when i get my tank up. Won't have to go out to red lobster to have a nice crab dinner. :twisted:

[graphixx]

yep they usually come in on your live rock. Yeah I had that rock in my tank 8 months at least and never saw them until a few days ago.

[Guido]

Hey graphixx, what do you think of a decorative crab in a reef tank?

[graphixx]

in a reef tank I would not because they will tear off pieces of your corals and such to 'decorate' themselves with. yeah I would not recommend it. If you want a good crab I would go with a porceline crab they are nice and they will house in an anenome and stuff like that. I had one that housed in a long tentacle plate coral.

[Guido]

Dang. I kind of figured it would do that, but thought it would be neat to have one. Oh well, maybe in another tank some day.