Are Emerald Crabs safe with SPS?

[tonyespinoza]

Are emerald crabs safe to keep with SPS?

I had assumed not, but let me know!

Also, I assume red leg hermits are also out of the question...

Thanks for any tips!

[acrodave]

I would say yes. BUT no crab should be trusted

[Hop]

Originally posted by acrodave
I would say yes. BUT no crab should be trusted

Agreed! It's a crab by crab basis... Although I've had three over the years that never bothered anything.

[Blown 346]

I would be weary, they have a tenancy to become jerks when they get bigger. The larger they grow, the more trouble the can become.

[s3aL]

After having Emerald Crabs in 3-4 different tanks. I do not trust them anymore.

[tonyespinoza]

cool - just as i had suspected - thanks!

[reef1973]

Emerald crabs should be very safe with the SPS but not with the little fish.

[Red Firefish]

I agree that they're just fine. They'll starve to death before eating corals, especially corals with very little tissue like SPS.

[tunaluver]

i wake up every day to several corals knocked over. and i suspect my large emerald of doing it. its just been recently that it started but now its 3 or 4 corals a day i have to reglue

[Toshas79]

yes

[NeveSSL]

Originally posted by tunaluver
i wake up every day to several corals knocked over. and i suspect my large emerald of doing it. its just been recently that it started but now its 3 or 4 corals a day i have to reglue

Same here.

Brandon

[Frick-n-Frags]

Originally posted by tunaluver
i wake up every day to several corals knocked over. and i suspect my large emerald of doing it. its just been recently that it started but now its 3 or 4 corals a day i have to reglue

that isn't them tryingto eat your corals. that is them levering them as they try to scrape them and it is an accident. one huge astrea can rearrange the scenery almost as effectively

also, i gave up trying to SG things to smooth surfaces, the mithrax crabs HAVE to scrape that crap off for some reason. weird

but i once picked up like 20 small frags that I glued to a glass plate. heh, they tore every one off and tossed it into the abyss in one night. round 2 i used a plastic CD case. they couldn't get those loose.

[fishysteve]

I've never had any problems with emeralds and my SPS.

[nattydread]

Becarful when you go shopping for an emerald. Insist on a small one, because alot of the monsters for obvious reasons, end up back at the lfs store. Same goes for all nusance fish and inverts.