dang emerald!!

jb1

jb1

Member
i come home from work and noticed my pipe organ looked like it holes in it. i came back a little later and it was worse, then i saw it. my emerald was chowing down on the pipe organ. he destroyed a large part of the coral. luckily i pulled the coral out and grabbed him. i threw him in my nano that only has live rock and two snails in it. have any of you had htis experience before.
i thought they were reef safe. keep an eye on them!!:mad: :mad: :mad:
 
sundance

sundance

Member
Not your specific problem but I am having yellow polyps disappear and the only thing I have seen near them other than a snail is one my emerald crabs, the same one a number of times.
 
nm reef

nm reef

Active Member
I've seen comments about emeralds doing this sort of thing numerous times...but its been my experience that emeralds tend to scavenge the weak/diseased and dead...I've never had a emerald attack healthy living tissue.I've always had 3-4 emeralds in my reef along with a brittle star/fish/snails/crabs/shrimp...and numerous corals...they have never been a problem in my reef...but they do an excellant job of scavenging.:cool:
 
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iluvfish

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Hmmmmmmm - Well now you have me wondering. I'm about to add some fish to my tank and I got a free offer from SWF.com for 3 free emeralds if I place my order today. Do you think I should take them up on this?
I don't have any corals yet, but do want some. I'm going to get some clown fish and maybe a small school of chromis to start with. I also have 2 pink tipped and 1 carpet anemone, 2 peppermint shrimp and one dang damsel that I'm in the process of catching! I hope:rolleyes:
 
marvida

marvida

Member
Ditto on what NM Reef said. I've never not had emeralds. Never had a problem with them attacking anything. The only thing I've ever witnessed was the other day one was in a bunch of hair algae & was somewhat indiscriminate & tore out some tiny feather duster/tube worms.
 
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