Cant catch him!!

Laura and Jim will be hosting the May meeting this Saturday the 12th and it will be the usual of food, drinks, raffle and fun.
 
Doors will be open at 6:00 pm for social talk and the meeting will start at 7:00.  Parking gets a little tight and the city says you can't park on 4th but there is a parking lot a block away.   Meeting is usually held in the backyard so feel free to bring your favorite lawn chair, weather permitting of course.

If you need address/directions, contact a club member.

Best if you park at Mini Mall (where the spaghetti establishment use to be)
 
You will get to see his new frag tank set up in the making.
 
Hope to see you there!

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[Mr Alvarez]

Hey i need some help again. i have this blue crab that i got when i first started my tank and i cant catch him. the problem i have is that he busting everything in my tank. i place some thing where i want it and he goes and moves it. He literally does it on purpose just to tick me off. does any one have like a crab catcher or ow would i catch him.

[Nate C.]

I used to go crabbin' with chicken legs back in Virginia.     Not sure that will help you, but you could use a food/bait trap of some sort.

[drstratton]

Someone I know from another forum placed a glass in the tank with food in the bottom, the crab will crawl in to get the food and then he can't crawl back out. Good luck!

[Mr Alvarez]

thanks a lot im going to to try the glass cup and for bait im going to use chicken legs. i hope this works this guy is a bust  .

[drstratton]

You're welcome, I'm not sure what he used for bait, but I wouldn't put to much chicken in there, you don't want an ammonia spike, best of luck to you, keep us posted!

[fogish]

You may want to try a piece of shrimp in a nylon bag instead of a chicken leg, I assume he is not a crab large enough to eat? He needs a way to climb up and drop in to the glass/jar. Put it in over night and remove it in the morning and use a new piece each night. They like stinky meat but you also need to consider ammonia.

[Nate C.]

I agree that shrimp is better than a chicken leg...that was for catching big crabs in the wild (to take them home and eat them).  As for a way in, I'd put it against the edge of your rockwork.  That way they can climb over natural stuff until they drop into the glass.  Not as dramatic as walking the plank, but probalby has better chance of success.

[Mr Alvarez]

Its a big crab..... Im just waiting now i thought i would tie a string to the shrimp with a toothpick holding the glass cup. so when he puled the shrimp the cup would fall on him. Kinda like the cartoons  .

[tropicalqualities]

tell u what i can come look at  what you got  and build you a trap that is for the crabs size but do you want to get read of the crab our do you just want it out of the tank ether way you have my help but i am interested in the crab if you don't want it and if you do well i will help you for the fun of it LOL

[Mr Alvarez]

Still cant catch him and yeah you can swing by and take a look to see if you can get a hold of him.

[tropicalqualities]

sweat this will be fun --- well maybe now it will be fun sounds like you have been getting the butt end of the deal from this crab well i just need to see how big this crab is and how much room you have in your tank and i can build you a mini version of the big traps they use for crabs i have made quit a few for the eating kind just need to build one to scale of your tank should be easy !

[Mr Alvarez]

yeah just let me know when you can swing by to look at the tank. and you can have the crab its all yours its and emerald crab. his just staring at me now .