emerald crab

[mylittlebutton]

i think my rather large emerald crab is picking at my corals, is this a common problem?

 

[krishj39]

i don't know if I'd say a common, but yes, some claim emeralds will pick at corals. It certainly is possible your crab has taken a shying for coral. Does he have enough food in the tank? Maybe he's really hungry and doesn't have anything else to eat so he's resorting to corals, or maybe he just likes to eat corals. It's a crab so, who knows.

 

[mylittlebutton]

he,s definetly has enough food, he's growing like crazy. i've had him for 2 months now and he's shedded his shell 3 times.

 

[seaham358]

I have 3 and they always hang out in my finger leather. The coral hates it. They pick at its fingers deep between the polyps I guess you would call it. They don't hurt it, its like they are cleaning out all the caught material in it.

 

[justinx]

I HATE my emerald crab. It has personnally killed two corals, and maimed another coral and one clam. It hates anything new in the tank. All injured creatures have fully recovered, but if i could catch that

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he would be gone in a heartbeat. I will never get another emerald crab.