Emerald crab nipping at torch?

[Medmondsii]

Do emerald crab nip at torches are night? I took some pictures. I thought they were reef safe? Anybody have this issue before?

 

[Reef.]

Might be going for algae around the base? I would think the torch would be retracted if the crab was trying to eat it.

Do you feed the crab?

 

[Jeffcb]

I had one that cleaned my gonipora every night. Never bothered it.

Goniopora and an Emerald Crab?

I couldn't catch him if I had to, but is he eating my Goni? He gets on it in the middle of the night and cleans it I guess. They have both been in the tank for 9-10 months. I've seen him clean my green one before and didn't really pay attention to it. Both green and red Goni are flourishing...

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[mwil79]

Chances are just cleaning around it. Crabs are opportunistic feeders though but I still doubt it's going for the torch. As mentioned above it would have retracted.

 

[Heres_doe_]

I wish i can find the video i had one eating chunks of my acan he got thrown right in the sump

 

[OscarHaglund]

I came home from vacation to fins my emerald eating what was left of my new duncan.
I cant know if it was the emerald that started it or the peppermint. Both got sumped

 

[Medmondsii]

Might be going for algae around the base? I would think the torch would be retracted if the crab was trying to eat it.

Do you feed the crab?

i dont feed the crab. all it does is hide all day.

 

[Spieg]

Keep an eye on it. I've had EC destroy some corals... don't have any in my tank today.

 

[Fredrxn]

Do emerald crab nip at torches are night? I took some pictures. I thought they were reef safe? Anybody have this issue before?

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I watched mine eating my torch...it not lives in the sump

 

[neonreef3d]

emerald crabs are know to eat LPS corals, so dont be surprised if you see it gone one day. I had a halloween crab eating on my sps, I was lucky the are easy to remove... I have emerals crabs in my sps tank, and they dont do any harm to sps, they like fleshy soft food...

 

[reaper93]

Mine has chomped on my hammer before

 

[blaxsun]

I have one a bit larger than that and he's all over the place (and the corals) providing janitorial services.