Emerald Crab

[brick-brothers]

How many of yall have these crabs in your reef tank? I was thinking about getting 1 or 2.

 

[sun1914]

I had 5 but now I only have 3 in my 29g BC. It seems 2 of them were weak and there is no room for weakness even in a control environment...lol. Only the strong survivor.

 

[brick-brothers]

I had 5 but now I only have 3 in my 29g BC. It seems 2 of them were weak and there is no room for weakness even in a control environment...lol. Only the strong survivor.

lol. I'm assuming they didnt bother your corals

 

[rambler67]

I have a couple great cleaners they into the rock and small crevices.

 

[edd]

i had 2, they would climb all over corals and make them close up.
i wouldn't get them again.

 

[vio]

i had 2, they would climb all over corals and make them close up.
i wouldn't get them again.

+1, I got 8 on 150 gal. move frags around, stress corals, grow fast, never again, if u want I will give few , for free. PM me.

 

[brick-brothers]

+1, I got 8 on 150 gal. move frags around, stress corals, grow fast, never again, if u want I will give few , for free. PM me.

I'll take 1 if you can spare it.

 

[vio]

the only problem is this week I will work 3-11pm, so have to be before 1.30 pm on 11385 zip code.

 

[pmoneyt]

i just order 6

 

[sun1914]

they climb on coral and yes they will close up but I don't think it's "stressing" them. Let's remember these things are from the ocean where far more activity and current is taking place beyond what we produce in our tanks. . . I doubt a crab climbing on a coral will stress it out to the point of death. Just my 2 cents though.
Mine do fine. Did have an issue with them eating my snails at first but I found out the snails were dead or dying and so they ate them...again only the strong survivor...lol

 

[brick-brothers]

the only problem is this week I will work 3-11pm, so have to be before 1.30 pm on 11385 zip code.

ok cool pm me your info and I'll stop by wed noon time

 

[brick-brothers]

I would rather have a crab walk over my zoas then my cleaner shrimp robbing the zoas of their food, lol

 

[jackson6745]

I have a dozen in my tank. They are great rock cleaners.

 

[oh207]

I have 4 in my 65g. I got them to eat bubble algae, but they ignore it completely. All they do now is lift things up and put them down. Or more like tip them over.

 

[BKLYNREEF123]

I have one in my 46 gallon bow front. He is a great cleaner. Note that some turn white. There was a recent thread on this. Many different ideas on why this happens. Mine is on the whiter side but seems healthy. I have had him for many months, he has molted a few times that I know of and the color remains the same.

 

[PhoenixOne]

I have 6. 2 are puny nerds and 4 that are beef heads. They grew to half dollar size. They clean the rocks well. Other than that, they stand around looking at their reflection flexing their claws and posing. One day I saw my cleaner shrimp standing on top cleaning a big emerald that was standing on top cleaning a blue legged hermit crab and my hippo tang....just staring at them. LOL!