how many crawl-outs have you experienced with inverts?
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One crawlout: my six inch long crayfish male, Skit, who decided on late night that his 20 gallons long tank just wasn't enough...somehow he hauled his fat carapace out of the tank via an airline tube, and I heard him scuttling behind the tank on my dresser. Was quite easy to catch with a net though!
I had a crawl out crab once. It was quite the experince
I was sitting at my desk reading a book or something, with my glasses off because I use them to see far, not for reading. All of a sudden I feel something crawl on my toe, I look down and all I see is this big brown blur. I almosr flipped, it scared the livign hell out of me. I thought it was soem giant ugly bug that was goign to crawl all over me and then go into my bed only to have me sleep downstairs for the next weeki living in fear that it would eat me if I slept in my bed. Well anyways, right about to crush the sucker, I kick it off my foot, put on my glasses, and theres my little crab, so I picked him up and put him back in the tank, ha.
I was sitting at my desk reading a book or something, with my glasses off because I use them to see far, not for reading. All of a sudden I feel something crawl on my toe, I look down and all I see is this big brown blur. I almosr flipped, it scared the livign hell out of me. I thought it was soem giant ugly bug that was goign to crawl all over me and then go into my bed only to have me sleep downstairs for the next weeki living in fear that it would eat me if I slept in my bed. Well anyways, right about to crush the sucker, I kick it off my foot, put on my glasses, and theres my little crab, so I picked him up and put him back in the tank, ha.
Ive had a few crayfish crawl out.And I have noticed thier tendency to eat each other.Lost a newt to crawl out too.
I had a blue crayfish in a 10 gal for about 5 months then I moved him into a 30 gal and he vanished within a week. We couldn't find him but about 2 months later my roomate found him in a bucket in the basement (tank is in the living room)
i have an australian tiger lobster(crayfish) i woke up one day on the floor and he was crawling very slowly about 6 inches from my toes. tosed him back in and i've noticed he stoped tryin to get out, I think the 5 foot fall from the top of the tank hurt more than his pride
my baby apple snails will crawl out through the over flow and i find them on the floor when im sweeping behind the tank. had to put some cardboard over it
I had a female crawdad that was about 6-7" crawl out of a 20 gal that was almost completly sealed, two red claw crabs crawl out of a 50 gal bowfront and become catfood, and i don't know how many ghost shrimp have simply disapear.
