Trenton Henderson Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 I had a pair of brown mithrax crabs come in on some live rock. Early on I killed the smaller of the two thinking it was bad. As I started looking at the other one it resembled a brown slightly hairier version of an emerald crab. It hasn't caused any problems that I know of. The only things I am wondering about include hermits. I put in about five dwarf zebra hermits and they all disappeared within the week. Then lately I saw him under the shell of my one inch Halloween hermit and it was eating broken a broken off claw. I moved the halloween and he is still alive, but he only has one claw. Could that brown mithrax be the culprit? Should I remove him? I tried but he escaped. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 I would remove it, they look like Mythrax but usually aren't. Does it have rounded points on it's claws like an emerald or pointed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trenton Henderson Posted December 1, 2014 Author Share Posted December 1, 2014 Rounded. It looks almost the same. The only difference is that its brown with lighter spots and has some hair, but not a lot. When I tried to get it out I stabbed at it a lot. It crawled away and I saw it for a little while, but haven't seen it since. Do you think I killed it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Probably not, they are very good at hiding. I would keep watching, use a flashlight at night maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trenton Henderson Posted December 2, 2014 Author Share Posted December 2, 2014 So I take it thats a get it out of there. And once I do, what do I do with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 If you have a sump you could put it there. If not ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisQ Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 take a baited mason jar and lean it up against a rock at night, he will go investigate and fall in and won't be able to get back out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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