Emerald crab??
- Thread starter MushroomXombies
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Bifferwine
I am a girl
Good guys. They can be a risk to fish, but usually only when they are huge. They are great algae grazers.
MushroomXombies
Reefing newb
Great, hopefully he will behave
Rcpilot
Reef enthusiast
It's a crab. Opportunistic scavenger. Opportunistic predator. They are nice when they are little. Wait until it gets about 1.5" and you might change your mind. :shock:
Had one. It was nice and cute, until it got big and decided to attack a nassarius snail. I rescued the snail. The crab went to hide under a rock when it saw me coming to the snails rescue. The crab immediately stumbled into a bristle worm on the rock. It attacked and ripped the worm to shreds and devoured it immediately.
I made no attempt to save the bristle worm. :mrgreen: It was shredded and dead in about 1/2 second.
The crab was not under fed. The tank was flourishing with all manner of hair algae, caulerpa and bryopsis algae. Plenty of salad to eat. Thats why I put the crab in the tank in the first place. It just decided to turn into a murdalizing hunter for some reason when it got big.
Will YOUR emerald crab turn into a murdalizing hunter? Don't know. 50/50 IMO
Had one. It was nice and cute, until it got big and decided to attack a nassarius snail. I rescued the snail. The crab went to hide under a rock when it saw me coming to the snails rescue. The crab immediately stumbled into a bristle worm on the rock. It attacked and ripped the worm to shreds and devoured it immediately.
I made no attempt to save the bristle worm. :mrgreen: It was shredded and dead in about 1/2 second.
The crab was not under fed. The tank was flourishing with all manner of hair algae, caulerpa and bryopsis algae. Plenty of salad to eat. Thats why I put the crab in the tank in the first place. It just decided to turn into a murdalizing hunter for some reason when it got big.
Will YOUR emerald crab turn into a murdalizing hunter? Don't know. 50/50 IMO
MushroomXombies
Reefing newb
Lol. Great
BL1
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I'd had the same problem as RC, I came home one day and found a snail graveyard with about 10-12 empty shells in the sand. And the crab on the rocks about it feeding on another snail. Mine quickly went into the sump.
motorcyclereefer
I am Graffiti Petey
I have had several in my tank but I did have fish end up missing. Although, I can't say it was due to my emerald's though. I always liked them and need to pick up some more.
MushroomXombies
Reefing newb
So far so good. He's out all the time now and seems to like hanging out in my branching Monti. Im watching him
Cottonwood
Lets move to Basketball..
I started with 2 emerald crabs and only have 1 now. He is really small and I have had some fish go missing but I think that is because of the stupid damsel and not the crab. I like mine.
