Hi folks,
I am starting to go bog eyed searching for info on a crab I’ve found, I decided a posting here was worth a shot.
In my coral tank, we found the attached crab and would like to know essentially if its safe to go back in there, or leave in the sump, or transfer to my fish only.
Coral tank (400 litres) has various SPS and LPS corals in, pair of common clowns with a Malu Anemone, mandarin dragonet,
yellow tang, coral beauty, saffron coral goby, yellow goby with shrimp friend, magenta dottyback, cleaner shrimps, blood shrimps, peppermint shrimps (with an allergy to aiptasia!), 2 sandsifter starfish, 2 emerald crabs and 2 scarlet leg hermits. Plus of course a few snails.
We haven’t lost anything and the little
stripey crab just seems to graze but I'm aware of the potential for problems if it isn’t really suitable for the tank. I'm also slightly concerned the emeralds are a future problem waiting to occur. Any advice on this and any clue on my newly found crab? Should I put the new crab in the Fish Only or the Sump and should I think about shifting the Emeralds to the Fish Only?
When I first researched Emeralds the impression I got was they are reef safe but now Im not so certain.
Oh my Fish only (with live rock) (500 litres) has 2 bubble tip anemones, 2 tomato clowns, majestic angel, blue cheeked goby, purple tang, blue spotted puffer fish, 2 hovercraft cow fish, long nosed butterfly (allergic to aiptaisia...), regal tang, sally lightfoot, bristle starfish, blue banded hermits, a huge rock hermit, 2 sand sifter starfish.
Many thanks in advance,
Steve
