BRUTUS....

[MERKEY]

So our almost 3" emerald crab that we moved from our 32 to the 75 because he was causing terror on corals and clams is at it again.

The 75 is really brand new. I'll do a build thread when I get all the pics together just for the fun of it........however

We have started adding wish with no problem. So we thought we would try a pink and yellow dottyback. Cute little fish, likes to hide in the rocks and has a great behavior. Well I woke up this morning to pieces of him all over the tank and BRUTUS sitting on top of the highest rock with his arms folded looking at me, I swear he was laughing at me!

Well now the hunt begins for him again. He is going to be removed and taken to the LFS where he can terrorize someone else's tank or someone can give him a better home than I!

DISCLAIMER: NOT ALL EMERALDS ARE DEGENERATES AND ROUGES JUST THE 3 I HAVE

 

[Peace River]

Unfortunately that is the way it goes sometimes, but I hate that for you and for the dottyback.

 

[hllb]

A 3” emerald? I didn’t think they got that big. Are you sure it’s an emerald?

 

[MERKEY]

A 3” emerald? I didn’t think they got that big. Are you sure it’s an emerald?

Ya he's probably just over 2" when olding his arms but when he reaches out for food floating or to push a fish away I could swear he's at the 3" mark or more. He's just over 2 years old and I'm sure he's an emerald. I'll snap a pic when he comes out again. It's like he knows I'm going to get him this time so he hasn't been out all day! (More realistically he is full from the meal and is sleeping in the rocks haha)

 

[MERKEY]

This is him a few months ago in the 32g. That carpet nems on the right is all sucked up but still around 4" like that. Just for reference of size a few months ago. He's a good 2+" at this point lol I'm sure he's grown now.

 

[hllb]

Bad Brutus!!

 

[Bret Brinkmann]

Sorry to hear about the fish. This is why I don't have any kind of crab in my tank. When they hold their claws out they are fishing. When got back into this hobby I bought LR from a guy who had emeralds and some fish in a tank. The livestock were supposed to keep algae at bay until the LR was sold. That emerald cut a fish in half. I asked what kind of crab it was and told myself to never get one.

 

[sfin52]

Do you have a sump you could banish him to. Sump Lord.

 

[MERKEY]

Do you have a sump you could banish him to. Sump Lord.

I dont unfortunately, we have other animals in the house that dont allow one

I am so envious of those who have sumps!!

 

[Bret Brinkmann]

I dont unfortunately, we have other animals in the house that dont allow one ...

I'm guessing either human children or cats?

 

[MERKEY]

I'm guessing either human children or cats?

Both of those and my wife brought a ferret home Aa few years ago who can get into anything within seconds. She does tricks and goes with the cats which is great but she is too smart for her own good.

But when they are gone....SUMP TIME!!

 

[Bret Brinkmann]

Wait... The cat was in on bringing a ferret home? So when you saw it did you say, "Look what the cat drug in?"