Are Emerald crabs bad?

[supersmile]

Do Emerald crabs tend to eat snails and invertebrates? We just bought one and now I am second guessing the purchase.

[daddy01]

well I had a bunch of snails and hermit crabs along with emerald crab and the the hermit crabs ate my snails not the emerald crab.
Jim

[Funkytone]

Why are you second guessing your purchase?

[JOEL]

They only eat algae

[howdy20012002]

Kelly
according to everything I have read, emerald crabs are considered reef safe.

[Drock169]

if they get hungry enough they may eat some polyps but they are mostly reef safe

[Kryten]

They are very bad, you should give it to me :wink:

[fishmaster]

mine eats more coraline than undesirable algae.

[dsaundry]

Crabs are crabs,,they should all have an early encounter with a Mantis.:lol:

[Melonbob]

My emerald did kill a snail when we first got him.......I'm not quite sure why but he hasn't touched another one since. Funny thing with him is I won't see him for a week, sometimes two and just when I figured he off and died, he shows up just to make me happy!

[andresont]

I paid $9 each at J&L and will buy more.