Hitch Hiker Crab?

[Ted]

I was looking at my tank tonight instead of sleeping and I came across what I think was a crab. It was light tan and fast..As soon as the light hit it it shot into a rock. Running sideways. No idea how it got in there. 90% of my rock I have had for years. 5% was dry base rock and 5% was some live rock I got at the store. So I have been looking and everything I read on hitch hiker crabs is bad...So now what? I know which rock it went into....Do I pull that rock and fresh water dip it? I did see some bristleworms and many pods (yay) was looking for those but what to do about this crab?

 

[Ted]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Caught this motherf@#$er eating my ric.....but I got him...

 

[Civicdemon]

HAHA Nice !!!! So can you use him in your sump or fuge ??? What kinda crab is it ??

 

[chichimom79]

Nice going! You must be pretty ninja to have gotten that little guy! How'd you do it? Have you Id'd him yet?

 

[Ted]

Umm...I have no idea what he was...I do know the first time i saw him he was nipping on a zoah and the second he was going after my ric....Luckily the ric is on a smallish rock. I just reached in and grabbed the rock. Took the ric off of the rock. Its place in a hole on the rock and flushed the crab with tap water...didnt make him leave..so...I speared him with a box cutter. After that he wasnt much good anymore. Originally I was thinking of having him in the fuge but oh well. Now I wonder if there are anymore...sigh...from what I have read on the net pretty much any hitch hiker crab is bad.

 

[dixiegirl21191]

Not every hitchhiker is bad. If it has pointy claws then it is bad, but if they are more round then they are good. Pointy claws means it is a predator. :)

 

[Ted]

claws where definitely pointed plus I saw him take a chunk out of my ricordia mushroom and eat it.