Help! My Emerald Crab Attacked my RBTA

[Suolainen]

Hello,

I just introduced my first RBTA this evening and only an hour after placing it in the tank I witnessed my emerald crab going after the anemone's tentacles with both claws. He got a really good grip on one and tore it before I could scare him away. Has anyone else had this happen? Do I need to get rid of the emerald crab, or do you think they will adjust and get along? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[fredfish13]

i have a few rbta's with emeralds and never saw one attack my nems. i would leave it alone and watch his behavior.

 

[trackfast]

I've never seen any of mine even go near my rbta. Just curious, did you get the Emerald crab from another reefer or from a store?

 

[Suolainen]

I've never seen any of mine even go near my rbta. Just curious, did you get the Emerald crab from another reefer or from a store?

I got the emerald crab from reefcleaners.org. I have 3 of them in the tank and only one is a problem.


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[trackfast]

If you had gotten them from a fellow reefer I might suggest that there was a problem with the crab ID and that you got a gorilla crab or something. But, John/reefcleaners.org knows his stuff and he wouldn't have done that. I hope you're able to catch it and get it out.

 

[cet98]

this is why I hate crabs....never want them in my tanks.... there's always one that can potentially be an arse hole.....

 

[dinesdylan]

Had one with anemone for almost a year and there was never a problem


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[Illinijoe]

Bad crab