Emerald crab eating my candy cane coral !

[junkzoo]

thought my candy cane coral got "stung" from falling near my anenome ( looked a little retracted after i put it back in place) in a few more days i saw that a few stalks were white and "clean".then today i passed by and looked around the tank like i always do , to check up on everyone. noticed the biggest of three emerald crabs i put in 2 wks ago (to control bubble algae) ,was picking and eating the polyps!!!! moved the candy cane to another location in the tank (hope it's too lazy to look for it ) darn thing IS looking pretty fat and sassy!

[SomeHairyOldGuy]

I would get rid of that particular emerald crab right away. Once they stop they can't stop! Must my opinion.
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[junkzoo]

yup, i agree,have not seen the other two smaller crabs, but this one is huge and more bolder and seen more often than the others ,and had i not seen it picking the "meat" off the stalk , i would have not convicted it as the culprit,Hmmmm,,,,maybe soon to be a little "live food "action for my FO ,see who gets it first, clown trigger or puffer, seems to be a fitting end to the lil' bugger!(weird, that coral was put in the same time as the crabs, no problems with the 3-4 other candy cane/trumpet corals i've had for years b4)

[junkzoo]

I've had it! the lil' bugger just tried to snip off my feather duster AND is pruning my xenias!tried to get it out without removing any rock , but it's all out war now! gonna remove anything i need to get this terminator out!

[SomeHairyOldGuy]

I got your back. This will be the best thing for your reef.
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[junkzoo]

GOT HIM! and his smaller buddy !darn near had to take the whole tank down to get him, but put them in my FO ,trigger and queen and puffer had fun with them! really did not want to do that ,but after what i had seen and as per my wife : "get them *@&*'ers out of there!"$5 a piece is NOT worth what they did already to the reef tank, (trumpet coral, xenia's) bottom line, i did a GOOD water change and got to re-arrange and frag some stuff to take to LFS,,, might be one still in there ,,,if i see it it's outa here!Whewwwww, tough job ,but had to do it!

[junkzoo]

i gave him a home and a job to do ,,,HE drew first blood!!ARRRGGGGHHH!i'm goin' in,,,taking bets on who gets to him first,,,the clown trigger or the porc. puffer in my FO ,when i add live food action in the tank!(wanted to re-decorate the reef tank anyway!)[img]/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img]