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A.VOID
07/03/2009, 09:08 AM
Caught this guy last night. Took about 3 tried to get him.

Now what do I do with him? Sump him or "swirl" him? I'm thinking SWIRLY! :p



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Nihoa
07/03/2009, 09:24 AM
sump!
browntrout
07/03/2009, 09:26 AM
what is it? Gorilla crab?
jadeguppy
07/03/2009, 09:29 AM
Sump or freezer. The freezer is one of the more humane ways to euthanize cold blooded creatures.
A.VOID
07/03/2009, 09:37 AM
I thought it was a some kind of stone crab when I first saw him. Now the hairs look more like a gorilla.

I'm thinking I'll do the freezer and be nice. He probably will get killed in the sump when the water change happens. I put room temp water in there and let it heat up until it goes into the DP.
JustinReef
07/03/2009, 10:00 AM
Im curious as to how a water change would kill it?
A.VOID
07/03/2009, 10:03 AM
the water will be about 10 degrees colder.
Shock him
sweetrav18
07/03/2009, 10:12 AM
i'm confused how freezing something to death is "more" humane
Ken_wied
07/03/2009, 10:14 AM
If i was closer, i would take him for you! He would do well in my sump of crazy things :-)
silentscream
07/03/2009, 10:44 AM
i sumped my gorilla crab. you can also try to give them to your LFS, the LFS in my area takes non reef safe crabs for their mantis tank.
A.VOID
07/03/2009, 11:03 AM
He went to the sump for now. Not sure if he will survive the next water change, but he's pretty harmless down there.
Jerry Gonzales
07/03/2009, 11:05 AM
If you don't want it just crush it with your fingers and be gone with it. Or there might be someone close by to you who might need it for thier Mantis shrimp, like said above.
returnofsid
07/03/2009, 01:45 PM
Freezing as a more humane means of Euthanizing fish is a myth. It's actually one of the worst!!
cabanaboy1218
07/03/2009, 04:09 PM
how big can these get? and will they eat cleaner shrimp?
OneReef
07/03/2009, 04:26 PM
I never kill crabs. Why kill a living creature that was unlucky enough to be in a rock that you took to put in your tank. I always throw them in my sump. No harm to your tank, and no harm to the crab.
RedSkaNite
07/03/2009, 06:01 PM
Honestly, I think the most humane way to euthanize is the garbage disposal.
double_g2k
07/03/2009, 06:14 PM
+1 on the freezer being the worst way to do it!
TomCs
07/03/2009, 11:08 PM
CO2 poisoning wouldbe the fastest "humane" way in "unhumane" euthanization of any animal... unless of course you have 90% ethanol lying around somewhere.