Emerald Crab

[Hallowhead]

Howdy,

Does anyone have an emerald crab in north jersey I can buy??

 

[Sponge]

They sell them everywhere don’t they?

 

[Hallowhead]

They sell them everywhere don’t they?

I went to petco tonight.. no dice. I don't really have time this week and was hoping for a sure thing super local I can squeeze in with my schedule.

 

[diana a]

Petco may be sold out of them since there was a big sale over the weekend

 

[Hallowhead]

Petco may be sold out of them since there was a big sale over the weekend

That's what they said.. I am trying to put together a trip to absolutely fish need a lawnmower blenny for the frag tank.. or a yellow tang to control some algae.

 

[nightmarepl]

never actually had any luck with emeralds had like 5 now all from petco and all have died after 2-3 months'

 

[Hallowhead]

never actually had any luck with emeralds had like 5 now all from petco and all have died after 2-3 months'

Do you make sure they're fed?

 

[nightmarepl]

Do you make sure they're fed?

yah id feed crab pellets, algae sheets, algae pellets they would always eat and one day just topple over and die

 

[Hallowhead]

yah id feed crab pellets, algae sheets, algae pellets they would always eat and one day just topple over and die

I hope that mine lasts as least long enough to eat all my bubble algae.

 

[nightmarepl]

I hope that mine lasts as least long enough to eat all my bubble algae.

well i heard from absolutely fish that if they bubble algae theyll live longer

 

[David]

I haven’t seen mine in months. It might be hiding, or it croaked.

 

[Haus]

when my bubble algae was gone mine had gone pale white, but after I started feeding algae sheets it greened up again. Probably was starving and either would’ve died or found a taste for coral. Either way algae sheets 2-3 times a week worked well, and the crab kept scouring the rocks too.

 

[Haus]

Actually prior to algae sheets I’d feed it strings of chaeto from my fuge. Then I read that doesn’t allow the nutrients to export so I switched to the nori.

 

[Hallowhead]

Actually prior to algae sheets I’d feed it strings of chaeto from my fuge. Then I read that doesn’t allow the nutrients to export so I switched to the nori.

Where would you out the nori ? Just on the substrate ?

 

[Haus]

I rubber band it to a small rock and put that on the substrate.
The chaeto I’d just use tongs to dangle in front of the crab, or pin it under a rock or in a crevice.

 

[David@wegetkraken]

In North Jersey and have three in my tank now I bought to take care of some vermetids. If still looking and want to drop by this weekend I'd be happy to sell you one cheap. Provided one is out and about we can get to easily. They are pretty active and see them pretty often, so one at least should be.

 

[nightmarepl]

In North Jersey and have three in my tank now I bought to take care of some vermetids. If still looking and want to drop by this weekend I'd be happy to sell you one cheap. Provided one is out and about we can get to easily. They are pretty active and see them pretty often, so one at least should be.

did they actually attack the snails? i had them in my last tank and just got pissed off to the max and reset my tank those things are impossible to kill... somone told me to use a laser haha yah let me go get a laser from walmart haha

 

[David@wegetkraken]

did they actually attack the snails? i had them in my last tank and just got pissed off to the max and reset my tank those things are impossible to kill... somone told me to use a laser haha yah let me go get a laser from walmart haha

Definitely eliminated the ones I could see. Was skeptical as well, but they worked for me.

 

[Mark_C]

I have something like 6-7 in my tank. Never see them in the day.
I do find discarded carapaces as they molt and grow, and they look EXACTLY like dead crabs.
At night, if I shine a light around the tank, they're all out, eating, and fighting for rock space.
If you're feeding them, they may well be still alive, growing, and out of sight in the day.

 

[Bricknick1127]

never actually had any luck with emeralds had like 5 now all from petco and all have died after 2-3 months'

Same here... had one guy tho after the first 3 died in roughly 2 months ...this one particular one lasted about a year and was doing great and getting big, one of my fish went nuts and slowly went homicidal in my tank...picked him apart slowly till he was just a torso with no claws or legs... but was still breathing and moving his mouth... I felt bad for him.