Bad Brutus Downfall of Fifty Cent Clam

[LeslieS]

Brutus the Emerald Crab strikes again. This time he pulled Fifty Cent (1 1/2" clam) rock and all right on top of Oprah the pink trachyphilia. The top half of his mantle seems to be missing. According to Dr. Deanos, recovery is possible with proper nutrition.

 

[scarf_ace1981]

IMHO, emeralds are only good for the sump

 

[jhale]

sorry Leslie, I swear the crabs never bothered anything in my tank

 

[fritz]

John is this the same crab that ate all of your clams?

hahaha just kidding.

 

[DEEPWATER]

srry about the clam

man ,emerald crabs are as strong as a bear .for me ,they are not a tank mate.if they dont like something thats in the way ,well up and off it gos

 

[sarahandkevin]

my new emerald crabs are eating my leathers and another coral - chuncks not gone...

 

[jhale]

fred :shhh:

jk

 

[techreef]

i have a ruby crab (red coloring of emerald crab) that must pump weights behind the rocks at night. he's a brute! i've poked a chopstick at him several times, and he can grab the stick and actually pull and push it around. i've caught him nabbing polyps off of several of my corals and a gorgonian too, so I agree that unfortunately they are bad news. I've been trying to catch him for a week now (not even a picture) to trade him to a fellow MR'er but now he senses that I want to catch him and he scurries off when he sees me. i wish he'd square off w/ the last mantis shrimp that I have living in the tank...

 

[Cibo]

I had a big one with one claw In my tank for a long time I watch it pick at everything evertime I went to catch it it duck out of sight. and one day i found it dead on the bottom and for a week I watch everything pick at the crab to there was just about nothing left. revenge from the tank mates!

 

[LeslieS]

Just wanted to update you guys. Fifty Cent's mantle has grown back

 

[Domboski]

Good to hear! Amazing.

 

[jhale]

go fifty, go fifty, get yur mantle on :pimp:

 

[ellebelle]

Thus far, my emerald crabs have been really well behaved - I don't think they've been intentially eating any corals. I think they may have unintentionally done some damage to some of my zoas that have macroalgae growing in between them though.

 

[LeslieS]

Woke up this morning and Brutus was dead. He was a monster, but he had a lot of personality. I will have to get Olive a new boyfriend.

RIP

 

[KathyC]

Sorry to hear about your loss of Brutus!
I'm sure you'll find another with lots of personality.