Emerald Crab Uses Rockflower Anemone as Hat / Shelter

[nycfreshreef]

Just though this was cool, recently got some female emerald crabs from reef cleaners in hopes of tackling a moderate BA outbreak (even though nitro is undetectable) , they have completely ignored the Bubble Algae …

One of the emerald crabs kept going to an area in the rocks and eating some sort of detritus , the area where one of my fish hangs out , and the fish wasn’t happy with said emerald crab so kept poking at him causing him to run back down the rocks

Fast forward to the next day and the emerald crab is now using a rock flower as a hat/cover so he can feast on the rocks without being disturbed

Video attached :

 

[Pickle_soup]

Crabs are funny, and then your fish start to disappear. J/K

 

[nycfreshreef]

Crabs are funny, and then your fish start to disappear. J/K

It’s true for sure … just hoping these aren’t big enough to make any of mine disappear this time around … but I do have 1 mandarin and 1 neon cleaner goby

 

[Pickle_soup]

It’s true for sure … just hoping these aren’t big enough to make any of mine disappear this time around … but I do have 1 mandarin and 1 neon cleaner goby

Sadly neon goby might disappear soon. They don't live very long in aquariums.