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Seagull_3 · 12/21/2011, 06:10 PM

Hi all, last night whilst looking around in my new tank (only on day 6 of cycling), I noticed for the first time some type of tiny little crab crawling around on the live rock. I tried to catch it with my little claw grabber, but it got away & found a new hiding spot somewhere out of sight. It was quite well disguised & looked to have some sort of fine grass growing on top of it.

I know that as a general rule crabs are bad, but do I need to be worried about this at this stage? Obviously there's no fish in there yet, and I have no idea which type of crab this might be & how big it might eventually become. I guess if it does get much bigger it will become easier to catch. I just wanted to know if there's anything I should be trying to do at this stage, or if it's fine to just let it go for now. Who knows what else is hiding in there at the moment anyway...

12/21/2011, 06:10 PM	#124
Seagull_3 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 12	Hi all, last night whilst looking around in my new tank (only on day 6 of cycling), I noticed for the first time some type of tiny little crab crawling around on the live rock. I tried to catch it with my little claw grabber, but it got away & found a new hiding spot somewhere out of sight. It was quite well disguised & looked to have some sort of fine grass growing on top of it. I know that as a general rule crabs are bad, but do I need to be worried about this at this stage? Obviously there's no fish in there yet, and I have no idea which type of crab this might be & how big it might eventually become. I guess if it does get much bigger it will become easier to catch. I just wanted to know if there's anything I should be trying to do at this stage, or if it's fine to just let it go for now. Who knows what else is hiding in there at the moment anyway...