Emerald Crabs

[salt55]

Hey, has anyone else ever had problems keeping these guys alive? A while back i had 4 that came with a crew from here and a few days later they were never to be seen again. I jsut recently bought 3 more and the first night i lost one, woke up to find my biggest blue leg munchin on his insides like a feast. One i can find regulary and i think the last one dissappeared also. My water quality is fine, all my corals are thriving, i just cant seem to get these guys to live.....sally light foots either by the way. Any input? Thanks

 

[mlm]

Try feeding them extra and see if that helps. All of the mine dies of starvation before I realized it.

 

[buzz]

Lost my first one due to what I am now certain was starvation.
Had plenty of algae growing, and thought it had enough with that, and a little overfeeding...nope...woke up one morning a week or so after I got him to find him on his back, drifting around.
So I got another, and feed it squid every morning...it has molted twice, doubling in size each time, and is now about 3 inches in diameter, with claws like Popeye's arms...

 

[mozart200]

I have the same problem...I put about 10 emeralds (little ones) in my 75.....I have seen about
five in the last 5 weeks.....however no bodies afloat and no shells a drift....I was hopin the
were just being very sneaky...
also, my blue legs, kick the crap out of any red leg I put in the tank.
I thought the emeralds would have plenty to eat with the algae????

 

[pufferfreak]

I had the same thing, I bought an emerald about 4 months ago. Until 2 weeks ago i never saw him. I also bought another one and that is when he came out. He is always out now. The other one I bought was killed by a hitchhiker crab.