Anyone have problems with emerald crabs eating zoas? Came home yesterday and found one of my emeralds on fire zoas cut in half, presumably by a pincher.
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I watched a emerald grab a chunk of acan off and eat it and then the next day watched another one do the same and now there in my fuge eating all my macro lol so i cant win with themAnyone have problems with emerald crabs eating zoas? Came home yesterday and found one of my emeralds on fire zoas cut in half, presumably by a pincher.
They would be fine in the sump especially if its lighted so theres algae growth. Otherwise they'll eat any little morsels that make their way from your tank. They do not eat corals. They might pick at dying corals. They might even pick a little at live ones until they realize its no good. Plenty of war coral and other favias in my tanks not ever touched by emeralds.Will the emeralds be good in the sump? What will they eat?
And i dont mean the fuge?
Can we see the zoa where it was eaten?Anyone have problems with emerald crabs eating zoas? Came home yesterday and found one of my emeralds on fire zoas cut in half, presumably by a pincher.
You may have just been on the lucky side. No body is saying that all emerald crabs will devoir all your corals. There is definitely a possibility that one can go rogue and acquire a taste for one . I have had many tanks with emeralds always one of my go to clean up crew guys. I purchased three for my cube and everything was fine for a long time , I noticed one of the crabs get pretty big , I called him Tank. He look like the Incredible Hulk . Well.... he got a taste for my war coral . No, the coral wasn't sick or dying because he would only eat the new growth rings . I watched him peel them off , eat them and leave it be until new growth started to appear. rinse and repeat. So you may have been fortunate not to have emeralds go rogue ,but they are crabs and when an opportunity presents itself they will take it.They would be fine in the sump especially if its lighted so theres algae growth. Otherwise they'll eat any little morsels that make their way from your tank. They do not eat corals. They might pick at dying corals. They might even pick a little at live ones until they realize its no good. Plenty of war coral and other favias in my tanks not ever touched by emeralds.
Yea its a bummer. This is the second bad experience I have had with the Emerald crab. It has since left the zoas alone. From what I can tell...I've had one pick at a mushroom, never saw it eat it, but just seemed to pinch and pull almost like playing with it. I haven't kept one since. Shame really as I think they're awesome looking little crabs.