emerald crabs

black&whiteclowns

any one know the lenth of what a emerald crab lives ?? mine last like 2 weeks then die

usmc121581

Smethings wrong with your water. They are inverts and are very sensitive to changes in water are unstable water conditions. Ive had mine in a 14 gallon nano for over 3 months now.

Captain Crab

hmmm, cute little buggers.from what i read they are relatively easy to keep. perhaps salinity played a role in it's demise?

black&whiteclowns

NOTHING WRONG WITH THE WATER alot of other inverts ,coral,fish in there with no issues my water is fine maybe sence the tank is only a few months old there isnt anofe to eat for them i dont know i have a pow pow crab in there he is doing great no issues with nothing but the emerald crabs

Captain Crab

well emeralds like bubble algae i heard.is there much algae?May it didnt adjust well to the change of tanks .this happens i worked at an aquarium store for years and my jobs was to remove all the dead fish after we got a shipment ,there were always a few casualties.

trreherd

You should keep them in a mature tank with lots of rock. But they are opportunisting and will eat what you give them if you dont have any bubble algea.

black&whiteclowns

what is bubble algea not sure what it looks like

trreherd

google it.

usmc121581

Emarold crabs will eat most types of algea of the live rocks. But bubble algea is just that algea that look like tiny little ballons. For a pic just type it in google.

ziggy222

i had trouble with an emerald crab.it was picking at corals to get at algae and or other food underneath them.i altimately had to give it back to the store.it sat in a 2 gallon bucket of saltwater with no filter light or anything accept occasionally some food i dropped in for it for over a month till i had a chance to return it to the store and was just fine.i would look deeper into your water quality and then maybe concider buying from a different store.but emerald crabs are'nt reelly a good thing to put in a reef tank with corals unless you need them to take care of a bubble algae problem.