HELP! CRAB/CLOWN EATING CARPET (RATED G)

[Anonymous]

Please tell me your joking.

He was joking, and even put in a little winkie.

Anybody with other thoughts on this matter... I mean about the anemone?

 

[jandree22]

ONE OF MY EMERALD CRABS IS EATING MY NEW CARPET ANEMONE. I CAN ONLY ASSUME THE ANEMONE'S DAYS ARE NUMBERED. MY OCELLARIS TOOK TO IT IN A DAY, BUT BITES THE MOUTH OF IT VIOLENTLY. HAS ANYONE HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE? SUGGESTIONS?

here, I'll even translate for you stubborn people :lol:

One of my Emerald Crabs is eating my new Carpet Anemone. I can only assume the anemone's days are numbered. My Ocellaris took to it in a day, but bites the mouth of it violently. Has anyone had this problem before? Suggestions?

(happy? :roll: )

 

[Anonymous]

Just curious how you got your Emerald Crabs ... hitchhiker?
Thanks,
~WINGS~

...hahah... tick ya all off!

 

[Anonymous]

Easy there, wings8888. that's dangerously close to "on-topic" ...

 

[Anonymous]

8)

 

[EB847]

ONE MORE QUICK QUESTION... WHO IS VOTING FOR BUSH? 8)

 

[Anonymous]

Your clown bites at the mouth of the anenome? I've seen mine biting at the tentacles, looking like it was giving the anenome oral, but only while they were "acclimating" to the new anenome.

 

[EB847]

HE TOOK A CHUNK OFF THIS MORNING, THEN SPIT IT OUT. I THINK HE CAUGHT MAD COW FROM THE EMERALDS. I THREW THE EMERALD IN THE POOL TO SEE HOW LONG HE COULD OUTRUN THE SWEEP. THEY'RE FAST, BUT NOT FAST ENOUGH. :twisted:

 

[Anonymous]

As far as I know they only eat algae and small palatable fish and such. They usually associate with anemones and I'm sure if your anemone was dying it may feast on it. I find it hard to believe that it would attack and eat a healthy specimen (anemone).

 

[cdeakle]

As far as I know they only eat algae and small palatable fish and such. They usually associate with anemones and I'm sure if your anemone was dying it may feast on it. I find it hard to believe that it would attack and eat a healthy specimen (anemone).

Agreed....

 

[Joew]

There may be bad apples, my emerald stays on his side of the tank and eats his algae and picks off the rocks. Nothing in mt tank has the BALLS to go near my LTA except the tomato clowns. Even the sand sifter star seems to now to go around it . It may bring up it's claws if anything big gets near it but usually justs runs with its claw between its shell.

AND THATS ALL I HAVE TO SAY!!!!!,

omg, the internet is gonna crash now for those CAPS!!!!! RUN FOR THE HILLS!!!

 

[Anonymous]

well still have my emerald crab..never had a problem..however every once in a while it will maul my choco star..nonetheless, i agree with 420....im surpised anemone hasnt eaten the crab or the clown thrown it into the carpets mouth...

 

[K9coral]

:twisted: GOOD LORD PEOPLE GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF,,,, OMG IM TYPING IN ALL CAPS .. .. . . . . .. . NOW I MUST FIND A BRIDGE TO JUMP OFF OF :!: :!: :!: :!:




Oh yeah, I found an emerald in my 10gal. He must have been a hitchhiker b/c I didnt buy him. I didnt realize that they eat corralin algea, is this true?

 

[Anonymous]

lets start typing in windings then...!!!

 

[K9coral]

%^$$$#!! !$%^$$# )(-___________________

 

[Anonymous]

:}{)(*#@<><:"|+) :mrgreen:

 

[K9coral]

lol, I guess we ran that strait into the ground!

 

[Anonymous]

OK WINDINGS IN CAPS LOCK

 

[hdtran]

gUyS, yOu HaVe No SeNsE oF iMaGiNaTiOn...

Emerald crabs may look like they're scraping at coralline algae, but I don't think they can do any substantive damage to coralline algae. An urchin, now, can definitely scrape corallines. I've heard limpets can also do that.

 

[K9coral]

I will type JAPANESE FONTS IN GREEK!!! (figure that one out!)LOL