Look at this guy doing as he pleases

Kamreefer

Kamreefer

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I was looking at my tank when I came across this
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Lol
 
Man I noticed the same thing in my tank last night and got a pic of it also. Woke up this moring and my sps was all white in the area he was hanging out. He decided to move on so thats good but definitely something I need to keep an eye on
 
cammunoz87 said:
I hope not hard to tell i don't think emeralds would mess with corals
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From what ive been told no real reef safe crab . They say all r opportunist scavengers. Sone more then others. If they have plenty of food most will leave corals alone if the food supply is short they tend to find easy meals aka corals . Some just love to eat corals. Kinda hit or miss with crabs. Keep eye on the guy. I dont keep any crabs in my tanks just snails snd shrimp .
 
+1 I had an emerald eating my green bn. It will pull polyps out one by one. Feed him well. Keep in mind too. If a zoa or paly is not thriving emeralds and hermits have potential to devour the frag overnight. Gl. I no longer trust crabs.
 
they dont eat coral, they will steal food from coral and harm them in the process, I just chase mine into the rocks when it gets on an acro,
 
fwadiver said:
they dont eat coral, they will steal food from coral and harm them in the process, I just chase mine into the rocks when it gets on an acro,
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Okay then... Do you have a link or some kind of person testimony proving your opposition. Otherwise I 100% disagree. My position is based on experience and research.
 
i have never ever seen one eating coral, i've seen them rip out euphillia tentacles and poyps, but always to go after food the coral was eating. They dont actually eat the coral they steal the food, the damage is the same i suppose.
 
fwadiver said:
i have never ever seen one eating coral, i've seen them rip out euphillia tentacles and poyps, but always to go after food the coral was eating. They dont actually eat the coral they steal the food, the damage is the same i suppose.
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I WATCHED an emerald crab tear a polyp off a rock, then proceed to EAT it like a cheeseburger. So I imagined watching an emerald crab eat a coral?
 
fwadiver said:
i have never ever seen one eating coral, i've seen them rip out euphillia tentacles and poyps, but always to go after food the coral was eating. They dont actually eat the coral they steal the food, the damage is the same i suppose.
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Just because you havnt experience it, doesn't make it true. Emeralds do well when they are small, but after a few months it will run out of food. They are opportunist feeders. Eating anything that's easy. Some go years without touching coral, then one day your prized polyps become lunch. Then a thread like this is started. I've also heard of 2+ in ones going after fish and other shrimp.
 
I watched one eat a BN frag at exactly the moment I put the frag it in the tank (he was like "Oh thanks! Nom nom nom"). On a side note I watched that same Emerald die right after that. (I did not kill it.) I literally was staring right at it and it fell forward off the rock it was sitting on dead as a doornail so I was probably starving it to death already. Pretty sure that is the only time I have ever seen and animal die that wasn't preceeded with a trigger pull or a fillet knife being unsheathed. Definitley one of those "Did that just happen" moments. As a result I have a perfectly preserved dry emerald crab in my collection. . . In any case, emeralds are great HA control for a new reefer, but I think they're a bit of a timebomb for corals. I don't know if it caused by a reefer simply learning the appropriate amount to feed or them getting to the right size, but when they get hungry, I don't think much of anything is safe.
 
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