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macperry
03/15/2007, 01:30 PM
My new Emerald crab decided to call my brain coral home. He just sits right in the middle, and keeps his eyes on his new tank mates. Is this a "normal" place for the crab to live? Will he hurt my brain coral?
AnimaliA
03/15/2007, 02:17 PM
I have had emerald crabs in all three of my aquariums without any problems (and one is just HUGE). But I rarely see them. They are always picking at some rockwork that I cant see. Sorry, I cant be sure, but from my observations, having one stay in one spot, and that too in an open area, seems abnormal. But I am no where near an expert here...
hmello@bermexin
03/15/2007, 02:24 PM
Are you sure it's an emerald? Can you post a pic?
macperry
03/15/2007, 03:14 PM
Ooops.....my mistake. I caught a pic of the Emerald cruising the rocks of his new home. The second pic is of the brain, with what I guess is a hermit crab inside.
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q160/macperry/Emerald.jpg
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q160/macperry/BrainHermit.jpg
hmello@bermexin
03/15/2007, 04:15 PM
Yup that's an emerald alright. I don't think he will hurt the coral, somebody else?
bertoni
03/15/2007, 04:17 PM
I think the odds are very good the crab won't eat the coral, although it might try to grab food from it.
zach0660
03/15/2007, 04:21 PM
I've heard their tissue is fragile so I might watch out for that.
demonsp
03/15/2007, 04:26 PM
Here's mine under a frilly mushroom.
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/129799DSC01125.JPG
Dosent bother coral and stays hiden all day.
macperry
03/15/2007, 05:05 PM
This lttle guy seems to be pretty bold for a "new" guy. He's been out all day snacking on the various algae in my tank.
hmello@bermexin
03/15/2007, 05:08 PM
Mine seems to get lost for days on end. Tonight I am looking in the tank and look into a hole in one of the rocks and there are his two white eyes looking back at me. I get the magnifying glass and sure enough it's him. Looks funny in there looking out but I have found his lair.
mwwhite
03/15/2007, 05:15 PM
In the second pic you said the brain coral.. I didn't see a brain....
We have two emeralds - they pick at rocks all day (and bubble algae!). They walk all over the corals. The corals get mad and shrink up but they come back just fine. I do also see them "camping" out in our leather or under our torch... they just take a break and rest sometimes.
I had posted this pix one time - it was just too cute but I did worry about the leather -- the leather also came back just fine...
http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/5228/emeraldleather1024uc1.jpg
macperry
03/16/2007, 10:58 AM
Just a very bad pic of my brain coral....I can't get a good angle to shoot from.
fish 511
03/16/2007, 07:40 PM
For some reason i always find my emralds upside down on my rocks... its like hid and seek trying to find them
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