New Emerald Crab has Pincher Missing

[FragMan07]

He just got back and now that I can see him in full light, this lil emerald crab is missing his Left pincher.


Is this tolerable and will he be ok or should I take him back and raise hell?

[tanker]

Crabs loose limbs all the time from shipment, fights, ect. They do grow back.

[FragMan07]

Will he be able to take care of the Bubble Algae as effectively with only one pincher?

I'm not a discriminator of the Handicapped, but I don't need the levels in my tank screwed up by a dead crab either.

[tanker]

There is no quarentee that he will eat bubble algae. Some do, some do not. From experience crabs are fairly hardy once aclimatted. He is a better scavenger then algae eater.

[rppvt]

Crabs are pretty sensitive to salinity changes as well as phosphate build up, so keep an eye on that. They also can easily over-dose on iodine if you're dosing (probably more than enough in weekly water changes if you're doing them). The pincer will grow back over time.

[chrisqueenz]

They tend to grow back