emerald crabs eat?

[OrangeKoi]

Will emerald crabs eat maidenhair algae?

[seapug]

possibly. In the absence of other food they will eventually eat just about anything. Some seem to have preferences for certain foods.

[reeftankjunkie]

Im not sure about the maidenhair, but mine will eat just about any other kind of algae. I had a couple of spots of bubble algae and my emeralds clean it up in no time.

[Frick-n-Frags]

not so good on longer algae that sticks up away from the rocks. they do better at scraping low stuff, like bubble algae.

[OrangeKoi]

Wonderful.. I have a nice patch of it and I was hoping to keep both the crab and the maidenhair algae