Undecided about Emerald crab

[shawn843]

I have three.. but i caught one of them picking at my zoas. I had to scold him

 

[shawn843]

Originally Posted by HowardJ
http:///forum/post/2924942
We call him Terminator.
terminator is very green i like it

 

[mantisman51]

+ 3 on emeralds. Mine have crawled through the zoas several times, picking all the way. I started to freak until I looked carefully and they were picking algae between the zoas and weren't hurting the zoas at all. They are algae-eatenest thing there is! And they are cool as h*ll. Mine are a little bigger than a quarter and look alot like a green turantula.

 

[howardj]

Originally Posted by shawn843
http:///forum/post/2924982
terminator is very green i like it
Also very shiny!

 

[shawn843]

I want mine to be green and shiny

i guess mine are kinda green when i take a picture of them with a flash but there not green enough

 

[howardj]

Rawr.

 

[howardj]

Mine picks through my Zoas, but doesn't eat them, see, there is just some algae he wanted in between them..

 

[shawn843]

He's talented too?!?!? thats a keeper

 

[howardj]

Originally Posted by shawn843
http:///forum/post/2925107
He's talented too?!?!? thats a keeper
If you think that's talented, you should have seen the string of pics I took when he was crawling UP the eggcrate! Now THAT was cool!

 

[shawn843]

Do you have them?? he should consider being in cirque du soleil

 

[dobber1111]

I have at least one emerald and I like him. I never see him though. He hides really well.
And what was the nightmare with a sally lightfoot? I have one and I love him but now I'm scared?!

 

[howardj]

Originally Posted by Dobber1111
http:///forum/post/2925141
I have at least one emerald and I like him. I never see him though. He hides really well.
And what was the nightmare with a sally lightfoot? I have one and I love him but now I'm scared?!
When the get big, they can, and tend to, go after fish and inverts.
They can become quite a terror.

 

[dobber1111]

Originally Posted by HowardJ
http:///forum/post/2925682
When the get big, they can, and tend to, go after fish and inverts.
They can become quite a terror.
Uh Oh. Ok. Guess I'll have to watch mine. Funny thing is, I saw my Coral Beauty nipping at my Sally.

 

[nordkapp]

Originally Posted by HowardJ
http:///forum/post/2925682
When the get big, they can, and tend to, go after fish and inverts.
They can become quite a terror.
Confirm that, my sally was attacking everything that was transiting outside HIS cave, no matter what size it was.
I had to get all rocks out of the tank to catch him.

 

[shawn843]

For anyone still considering emerald crabs for a reef tank. Don't do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they're tearing my corals apart.

 

[bdhb12]

Howabout porcelins and emeralds?