let's talk emerald crabs for a sec

[reef tank 2.0]

I have still yet to find this emerald. but with no more hermits in the tank, I now wait for these polyps on the toady to grow back. what is typical for the time that it takes for new polyps to grow back? I watch this toadstool daily and there is no change. the whole top of the toadstool is almost bare, but has little stubs that were once polyps. the majority of polyps I do have, are all located around the perimeter. long and healthy looking. the coral certainly isn't dying, but the naked top certainly makes it look bad.

 

[clownaround4giggles]

Clove Polyp, mine looked like a lawnmower hit them.

So that’s why some of my GSP polyps are missing their green fingers

 

[VintageReefer]

My emeralds are nightmares.

I have an acro that had full polyp extension for 45 days then suddenly stopped completely. Dipped. No bugs. No indication of anything. A few days go by, no better. Someone tells me to check at night with a flashlight and some bugs only come out then. So I set an alarm and check at night. The emerald is climbing it and picking at it

I also have an injured lps (moseleya) that has been recovering rom tissue recession (fell in sand) and today caught an emerald picking at the recovery area and pulling healthy tissue off and eating it

 

[Reefing4L]

no more emerald crabs for me. Saw one of mine ripping a healthy torch apart.

 

[reef tank 2.0]

well, I have no signs of crabs anywhere in this tank. I am really starting to reconsider what @Ryans Reef mentioned, about flow or light being the issue. It doesn't make sense to me. Its been n the same place for many months. nothing has changed as far as gyre placement and light levels. with the tank being on the small side, I can't escape the flow that it could possibly be hit with. the light is easier. right now he's on the outer edge of my tank, so he is not getting blasted with light. I could relocate him, but my options are minimal. Unless I put him in the sand. Right now, he's on the edge of a rock.

the top of the toadstool has stubble, almost like a buzz haircut. The perimeter is alive and well, and he certainly doesn't look to be dying.