Emerald Crab Death... Kenya Tree Poisoned or Starved?

[100LL]

A year ago I bought three Emerald crabs for my 90 gallon reef and in retrospect that was probably pretty heavy loading. As a matter of opinion to others, I would suggest one or maybe two in a 90 gal. Regardless, they worked well for me and I was very happy with their addition.

Of the three, one died off fairly quickly and I attribute that to survival of the fittest, as the other two were growing very rapidly and this one never really grew.

The other two have grown to a mature size and have continued to be good tenants on the reef. However, after the recent addition of Kenya tree I noted that one was eating it. I wasn't happy about it but didn't really care.

Well this weekend his misdeeds caught up with him and I found him belly up dead.

So, does anyone think that eating a large amount if Kenya Tree coral could poison an emerald crab? Maybe him eating the Kenya tree was result of malnutrition?

Feedback welcome!

 

[ColaAddict]

Any algae left to eat? Probably starvation if no algae. My emeralds usually eventually die from no algae


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[100LL]

Any algae left to eat? Probably starvation if no algae. My emeralds usually eventually die from no algae


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Thanks for the note. No, none. They were so damn efficient and I've been running very limited feedings so that was probably it.

I actually wanted to put one of them in the fuge where all the algae is but I simply can't catch anything out of my tank... Hell I can hardy manage to pick up corals when they fall.

 

[EricTheRed]

My guess is that he ate the kenya because he was already starving.