Emerald Crab Being An A**hole

[nudy6969]

so i bought an enemrald grab yesterday( big red one) and hes pinching at my clown fish. this is making me very mad scnce i bought the nicest clown fish i could find. he also pinches at my cardinal. r they supose to be like that. can he possibly kill any of my fish. if he can or does, im taking him out. (emerald crab beat down) literaly. i dont want my beautiful clown fish to die, or my beutiful cardinal.

 

[nudy6969]

this guy looks fully grown, abut the same size as my clown and bigger than my cardinal.

 

[UnderwaterWorld]

sorry to tell you, but emerald crabs aren't red, they're green

 

[Bifferwine]

Emerald crabs can come in all sorts of colors. I've seen blue, green, black, white and red. And yes, once they reach sexual maturity, they can become predatorial on fish.

 

[nudy6969]

oh, thats great, the guy sold me the biggest one they have, i ckecked online and the adult size is 2''. well mine is around 2 inch. i have alredy seen him almost get my clown fish today. i guess ill have to get rid of him bfore he kills any thing.

 

[kimoy]

good luck catching him. I have one almost 2 inches also but it's on my frag tank with no fish in it.

 

[nudy6969]

its not gona be a prob, he always sits up on LR in the open, the hard part is going to be pulling him off the rock.

 

[dannyboy]

I just got a clean-up crew w/ 3 emeralds, and I got home last night to an emerald eating the leg of my serpant strarfish. Not too happy about that.

 

[nudy6969]

goood news, i gave my crab away.

i saw him 3 nights ago running around with his claws out trying to get my cardinal.