Anyone else afraid of emerald crabs?

[Mariette]

I had 2. Lost both to equipment failure. Sorta. Long story. I recently purchased live rock off kijiji and now notice a lot of Vermetid snail tubes. Not sure if snails in there but assume so. I understand that hermit crabs eat them? So considering getting a couple for my 110g.

1 - how many would you put in there?
2 - anyone else afraid of them? The 2 I had for a limited time were small. Less than an inch. They get to 2.5. Every time I spot fed em, they lept up to the food in full on beast mode. Even charged at my finger once and scared me senseless. So I’m reluctant to get more.
3 - anyone been pinched by one of these guys? A big one? How’d that go? I know they wouldn’t intentionally pinch a person (probably) but still

EDIT: I’m afraid of EMERALD CRABS. Not hermits. My bad

 

[tehmadreefer]

Seriously?

Um they are tiny crabs that couldn't even pinch a person except for perhaps a toddler's finger, maybe...

 

[AngryMike2016]

Actual picture of my emerald crab:

 

[Mariette]

Actual picture of my emerald crab:

Thank you in advance for tonight’s nightmares ;Shifty

 

[JoshH]

Actual picture of my emerald crab:

;Hilarious;Hilarious;Hilarious;Hilarious;Hilarious

Thank you in advance for tonight’s nightmares ;Shifty

So in your initial post title you talk of emerald crabs and in your first post you mention hermit crabs, which if I may ask are you referring to? Not that either is a concern for harming you as I don't think either could/would.

 

[Mariette]

Seriously?

Um they are tiny crabs that couldn't even pinch a person except for perhaps a toddler's finger, maybe...

Tiny? Uhhh no. And 1 of my guys would get a death grip on my turkey baster during spot feedings. Like my pistol shrimp does but he doesn’t scare me for some reason. I’ve had a 145 pound mastiff that ppl crossed the street to avoid. I befriended my sister’s 75 pound pit bull within 15 min of meeting him and having him growl at me. I’m no chicken. But these emerald crabs have be shook. You should have seen the way they sprang out of their cave. All crazy spider on steroids like and terrifying. I can’t be the only one!!!

 

[alton]

I had never heard that emerald crabs ate the snails? And I have never had any issues with mine. I actually like the red ones more.
https://www.kpaquatics.com/product/red-mithrax-crab/

 

[Mariette]

;Hilarious;Hilarious;Hilarious;Hilarious;Hilarious



So in your initial post title you talk of emerald crabs and in your first post you mention hermit crabs, which if I may ask are you referring to? Not that either is a concern for harming you as I don't think either could/would.

Oops. My bad. I meant emerald crabs. I love my hermits. Hand feed em an everything. My avatar is pinchie. My 1st SW purchase over 2 yrs ago. No fear there.

 

[tehmadreefer]

Tiny? Uhhh no. And 1 of my guys would get a death grip on my turkey baster during spot feedings. Like my pistol shrimp does but he doesn’t scare me for some reason. I’ve had a 145 pound mastiff that ppl crossed the street to avoid. I befriended my sister’s 75 pound pit bull within 15 min of meeting him and having him growl at me. I’m no chicken. But these emerald crabs have be shook. You should have seen the way they sprang out of their cave. All crazy spider on steroids like and terrifying. I can’t be the only one!!!

Good lord... drama much

 

[JoshH]

Oops. My bad. I meant emerald crabs. I love my hermits. Hand feed em an everything. My avatar is pinchie. My 1st SW purchase over 2 yrs ago. No fear there.

Lol no worries, I've held and hand fed my emeralds before with no issue. I don't see why you wouldn't have the same experience. They are pretty comical to feed as well

 

[Mariette]

Good lord... drama much

What?

 

[Mariette]

Lol no worries, I've held and hand fed my emeralds before with no issue. I don't see why you wouldn't have the same experience. They are pretty comical to feed as well

Maybe I got a really aggressive one? I tried hand feeding it like my hermits and it came at me so fast it freaked me out. I did enjoy watching them when they weren’t hiding though and did enjoy spot feeding them w the turkey baster. I’m just worried about having to move a rock and being paranoid about one of em hiding under it or something

 

[jd371]

Relax, Emerald crabs are harmless. This is the crab to watch out for.

 

[Jon Fishman]

I have about 15 emeralds in my tank.... love them. I'm only afraid of normal stuff, like opening cinnamon roll tubes, and touching a doorknob in a carpeted room.

 

[DEWreefing]

Hahahaa nothing scares me in my tank it's people around my tank that scares me.

 

[mikus]

I love my emeralds. Just put a few more in my display today actually (newer tank and dealing with some HA issues, very minor) and they ate all the algae in no time! I also put a few in my fuge. Chaeto began to grow HA on it, as well as on some of the rubble and glass. I don't want to speak too soon, but the 3 I put in there are crushing it! I also dialed my H380's photo period down...

 

[MiamiConnie]

I had 2. Lost both to equipment failure. Sorta. Long story. I recently purchased live rock off kijiji and now notice a lot of Vermetid snail tubes. Not sure if snails in there but assume so. I understand that hermit crabs eat them? So considering getting a couple for my 110g.

1 - how many would you put in there?
2 - anyone else afraid of them? The 2 I had for a limited time were small. Less than an inch. They get to 2.5. Every time I spot fed em, they lept up to the food in full on beast mode. Even charged at my finger once and scared me senseless. So I’m reluctant to get more.
3 - anyone been pinched by one of these guys? A big one? How’d that go? I know they wouldn’t intentionally pinch a person (probably) but still

EDIT: I’m afraid of EMERALD CRABS. Not hermits. My bad

They are scary lol I have 3 in my tank and it took me time to get them in the tank after acclimating because I was scared. I saw one clamp on to the guys finger in the lfs. But they are great at cleaning. No more bubble algae for me

 

[ActualProof]

I have about 15 emeralds in my tank.... love them. I'm only afraid of normal stuff, like opening cinnamon roll tubes, and touching a doorknob in a carpeted room.

lolololololololol read this out loud to my wife

 

[Forsaken77]

I had 2. Lost both to equipment failure. Sorta. Long story. I recently purchased live rock off kijiji and now notice a lot of Vermetid snail tubes. Not sure if snails in there but assume so. I understand that hermit crabs eat them? So considering getting a couple for my 110g.

1 - how many would you put in there?
2 - anyone else afraid of them? The 2 I had for a limited time were small. Less than an inch. They get to 2.5. Every time I spot fed em, they lept up to the food in full on beast mode. Even charged at my finger once and scared me senseless. So I’m reluctant to get more.
3 - anyone been pinched by one of these guys? A big one? How’d that go? I know they wouldn’t intentionally pinch a person (probably) but still

EDIT: I’m afraid of EMERALD CRABS. Not hermits. My bad

The bigger emeralds will most definitely pinch a person's finger on purpose. They don't seem to care how big anything is. They'll attack. Obviously some are more aggressive.

They sit there and snap at fish that swim by. It's almost a small version of a blue-claw crab, but seems much stronger for its size.

 

[chawalte-qcvux5]

Just the other day I was placing some frags and my emerald decided my hand was too close. He is quite the feisty one.

Afterwards he walked over to the frag, got glue all over his pinchers... genius.... Over the next hour it was hilarious to watch him getting it off. He's fine now and hopefully learned his lesson about messing with me and the new "decorations" I put in his house. LOL