Emerald crab missing legs

[santeeeyyy]

hey yall, I have a springers damsel,hermits, a fighting conch and a long fin clown. Does anyone know why or how my crab is missing limbs and a claw? Emerald crabs are like the one things that for some reason I cant get to work.

 

[littlefoxx]

hey yall, I have a springers damsel,hermits, a fighting conch and a long fin clown. Does anyone know why or how my crab is missing limbs and a claw? Emerald crabs are like the one things that for some reason I cant get to work.

Do you have more than one emerald?

 

[santeeeyyy]

Do you have more than one emerald?

I had 3, I am down to two but I may be down to one.

 

[littlefoxx]

I had 3, I am down to two but I may be down to one.

Ah. They are territorial. Likely one took the leg/claw off. Seen that in the LFS multiple times. Thats why I keep my honker crab by himself with just a coral banded shrimp and clown pair so he wont fight with another. He got big fast and has huge claws

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Just to add, missing limbs can also be caused by bad molts - so if something is off with the crabs’ diet/environment (such as excessive territorial aggression), that could potentially cause this too.

Additionally, if the crab that’s missing limbs isn’t moving, it’s possible that it may just be a molt missing limbs instead of the crab itself.

 

[santeeeyyy]

Ah. They are territorial. Likely one took the leg/claw off. Seen that in the LFS multiple times. Thats why I keep my honker crab by himself with just a coral banded shrimp and clown pair so he wont fight with another. He got big fast and has huge claws

i tried doing this and my emeralds kept on dying.

 

[littlefoxx]

i tried doing this and my emeralds kept on dying.

how much algae do you have? And do you target feed them? I feed mine regularly and he begs for nori with his claws outstretched every time he sees me. He is a fatty

 

[santeeeyyy]

how much algae do you have? And do you target feed them? I feed mine regularly and he begs for nori with his claws outstretched every time he sees me. He is a fatty

I have plenty of algae. (I bough them to help out with GHA. and I was gonna say bubble algae but they just cleaned it all out!!! i just realized omg no more bubble algae problems.Ok maybe there is two decent sized bubbles but I can remove them. SO now I just have GHA that I can most likely need to pluck out. )