Home sweet home...

[macperry]

My new Emerald crab decided to call my brain coral home. He just sits right in the middle, and keeps his eyes on his new tank mates. Is this a "normal" place for the crab to live? Will he hurt my brain coral?

 

[AnimaliA]

I have had emerald crabs in all three of my aquariums without any problems (and one is just HUGE). But I rarely see them. They are always picking at some rockwork that I cant see. Sorry, I cant be sure, but from my observations, having one stay in one spot, and that too in an open area, seems abnormal. But I am no where near an expert here...

 

[hmello@bermexin]

Are you sure it's an emerald? Can you post a pic?

 

[macperry]

Ooops.....my mistake. I caught a pic of the Emerald cruising the rocks of his new home. The second pic is of the brain, with what I guess is a hermit crab inside.

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[hmello@bermexin]

Yup that's an emerald alright. I don't think he will hurt the coral, somebody else?

 

[bertoni]

I think the odds are very good the crab won't eat the coral, although it might try to grab food from it.

 

[zach0660]

I've heard their tissue is fragile so I might watch out for that.

 

[demonsp]

Here's mine under a frilly mushroom.

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/129799DSC01125.JPG

Dosent bother coral and stays hiden all day.

 

[macperry]

This lttle guy seems to be pretty bold for a "new" guy. He's been out all day snacking on the various algae in my tank.

 

[hmello@bermexin]

Mine seems to get lost for days on end. Tonight I am looking in the tank and look into a hole in one of the rocks and there are his two white eyes looking back at me. I get the magnifying glass and sure enough it's him. Looks funny in there looking out but I have found his lair.

 

[mwwhite]

In the second pic you said the brain coral.. I didn't see a brain....

We have two emeralds - they pick at rocks all day (and bubble algae!). They walk all over the corals. The corals get mad and shrink up but they come back just fine. I do also see them "camping" out in our leather or under our torch... they just take a break and rest sometimes.

I had posted this pix one time - it was just too cute but I did worry about the leather -- the leather also came back just fine...

 

[macperry]

Just a very bad pic of my brain coral....I can't get a good angle to shoot from.

 

[fish 511]

For some reason i always find my emralds upside down on my rocks... its like hid and seek trying to find them