Sunny Goold
Active Member
Has anyone had any experience with Emerald Crabs eating clove polyps? I just added an Emerald Crab and got a small frag with a couple of polyps from my reefing buddy. After 2 days it started opening but the next morning it was gone.
I suspected the Emerald Crab as I've never had an issue with my fish eating coral before but at the same time I haven't noticed that any other coral has been nipped at since I added the crab.
I found one post a while back that said an emerald made short of their cloves.
So I wanted to check in - I have a new tank so I probably won't move the emerald across as I want cloves but I don't want to jump to conclusions as I have heard Emeralds are usually model citizens - but maybe they have a liking for cloves (it went through all my bubble algae in quick time).
Still I thought it would be worthwhile to find out if there are people who have experienced this to help others in future.
I suspected the Emerald Crab as I've never had an issue with my fish eating coral before but at the same time I haven't noticed that any other coral has been nipped at since I added the crab.
I found one post a while back that said an emerald made short of their cloves.
So I wanted to check in - I have a new tank so I probably won't move the emerald across as I want cloves but I don't want to jump to conclusions as I have heard Emeralds are usually model citizens - but maybe they have a liking for cloves (it went through all my bubble algae in quick time).
Still I thought it would be worthwhile to find out if there are people who have experienced this to help others in future.
