How to Move an Acro Crab?

[cybermeez]

I have a little bandit acro crab in a coral that is not doing well and will probably not survive. Does anyone know how to safely move him from the dying acro to another healthy one? I recently treated all but one of my acros for red bugs. The acro with the crab was not treated but instead isolated by moving it to it's own 8g BioCube so as not to re-infect the main tank.

I have ordered a couple of small acro colonies for him from Drs. Foster and Smith's Divers Den and I want to move him from the red bug laden dying coral to one of the new healthy ones coming in. How do I do that without hurting the crab and also without spreading the red bugs to the hew coral?

 

[sjsoto]

Hold It Above Water, Above Tank... This Might Work

 

[BaNDiTo_RoX]

If the Acro is dying and your going to toss it just start break off the branches until you can remove him, At that point I use a tooth pick to get it to move where I can get it out then just place him on the new acro. HTH

 

[Bob 1000]

When I took mines out to take a picture I just used a paper clip and gently plucked it out..

 

[rookie07]

If the Acro is dying and your going to toss it just start break off the branches until you can remove him, At that point I use a tooth pick to get it to move where I can get it out then just place him on the new acro. HTH

agreed
Also, the crab can live in the tank w/out any sps corals...it will just live in a small hole in a rock...it might get eaten, b/c its not as safe as coral, but its ok...i have some, one now lives in a duncan, between the polpys...i can only see it at night when some of the polyps close.


BECAREFUL...the red bugs might be on the crab when you move it into the main tank...i would dip the crab just to be sure(if that is possible)