Anyone experience an Emerald Crab with an affinity for Bryopsis springs?
I added an Emerald Crab to my DT yesterday to see if he could assist with some of my ‘uglies’ algae problems - including Bryopsis and GHA. While drip acclimating the crab (whom I’ve named ‘Tom’) I plucked off a few sprigs of Bryopsis and put in the container…to my surprise he slurped them up right away. Now he’s in the tank, he seems to be eating the small sprigs on my live rock.
Anyone with experience here? Is the new guy just that hungry he’s eating anything, or do we think some EC’s actually eat Bryopsis as part of their diet?
I added an Emerald Crab to my DT yesterday to see if he could assist with some of my ‘uglies’ algae problems - including Bryopsis and GHA. While drip acclimating the crab (whom I’ve named ‘Tom’) I plucked off a few sprigs of Bryopsis and put in the container…to my surprise he slurped them up right away. Now he’s in the tank, he seems to be eating the small sprigs on my live rock.
Anyone with experience here? Is the new guy just that hungry he’s eating anything, or do we think some EC’s actually eat Bryopsis as part of their diet?