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Old 02-02-2008, 02:10 PM
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Do Emerald crabs tend to eat snails and invertebrates? We just bought one and now I am second guessing the purchase.
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Old 02-02-2008, 02:26 PM
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well I had a bunch of snails and hermit crabs along with emerald crab and the the hermit crabs ate my snails not the emerald crab.
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Old 02-02-2008, 02:27 PM
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Why are you second guessing your purchase?
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Old 02-02-2008, 02:48 PM
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They only eat algae
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according to everything I have read, emerald crabs are considered reef safe.
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if they get hungry enough they may eat some polyps but they are mostly reef safe
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They are very bad, you should give it to me
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mine eats more coraline than undesirable algae.
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Old 02-02-2008, 06:27 PM
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Crabs are crabs,,they should all have an early encounter with a Mantis.
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Old 02-03-2008, 12:31 PM
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My emerald did kill a snail when we first got him.......I'm not quite sure why but he hasn't touched another one since. Funny thing with him is I won't see him for a week, sometimes two and just when I figured he off and died, he shows up just to make me happy!
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