Emarald crab supplementary feeding

[DomiD]

Hey guys just wondering as my emarald seems to be going rougue and becoming the kingpin of my tank what type of seaweed can I give him to supplement his diet orinaly got him for green hair but nearly all gone and he keeps going for my chalk goby I would take him out but he is my kids favourite and I don't have a sump to put him in can I buy seaweed from food store? Or is it specific type?

 

[BadFish619]

I find mine scavenge everything from pellets to shrimp and even algae. I have seaweed I bought from a lfs but they don't seem to eager to go for it. They'll eat it if they find it. I tend to overfeed a bit just so they have food to find.

 

[BadFish619]

Are yours pretty active? I see mine like once a week it feels like. And if I try to spot feed they run

 

[DomiD]

Are yours pretty active? I see mine like once a week it feels like. And if I try to spot feed they run

Yeah he/she is very active goes back and forth all the time he seems to wait till my goby goes in his cave then follow him in and wait on the outside to to swipe at the goby

 

[BadFish619]

This is what I use, I rubberband it to a rock and just drop it in

 

[BadFish619]

This is what I use, I rubberband it to a rock and just drop it in

 

[BadFish619]

Lol should I post that a few more times? Didn't think it was working!

 

[DomiD]

Lol should I post that a few more times? Didn't think it was working!

Haha not sure I got it maybe one more time [emoji12] thanks for the response will have a look in the lfs shop in the morning

 

[Mariette]

Mine were pigs. Absolute pigs! I’d spot feed them daily and as soon as anything resembling food was brought near their area they appeared out of nowhere and lunged at it. Frozen. Can’t go wrong

 

[BadFish619]

Mine were pigs. Absolute pigs! I’d spot feed them daily and as soon as anything resembling food was brought near their area they appeared out of nowhere and lunged at it. Frozen. Can’t go wrong

Were pigs? Where are they now? I'm considering trying to catch mine if possible but like I said I barely see them. Worried they'll catch someone, thought they had gotten my scooter but found him behind the tank. They probably scared him

 

[Mariette]

Were pigs? Where are they now? I'm considering trying to catch mine if possible but like I said I barely see them. Worried they'll catch someone, thought they had gotten my scooter but found him behind the tank. They probably scared him

Yes. Were. They unfortunately passed in an equipment failure situation

If you can find where they are, you can just lift the rock up a bit, place it in a Tupperware while still submerged, and pull the Tupperware out. No need to grab em and yank em out of water. Easy peazy

 

[Jon Fishman]

Just get frozen raw shrimp in a bag.... cut a hunk and toss in every once in awhile. I do this for my puffer, but ultimately they sink, and the crabs come out in force

 

[DomiD]

Just get frozen raw shrimp in a bag.... cut a hunk and toss in every once in awhile. I do this for my puffer, but ultimately they sink, and the crabs come out in force

This might sound dumb is a shrimp a prawn?

 

[Mariette]

This might sound dumb is a shrimp a prawn?

Yes. Not dumb

 

[Salty Lemon]

My emerald crab eats the seaweed/nori that I rubberband to a rock. He has to battle the tangs for it, but he gets some every time.

 

[DomiD]

Couple of questions is anybody able to determine the sex of my crab sorry photos arnt great Ana secondly are these the type of prawns I can feed him?

 

[Jon Fishman]

Those are cooked (pink) get clear/white looking ones... Raw.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Frozen-R...MIm8jlvL694gIVD77ACh3ALgn6EAQYAiABEgIIXPD_BwE

 

[DomiD]

Those are cooked (pink) get clear/white looking ones... Raw.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Frozen-R...MIm8jlvL694gIVD77ACh3ALgn6EAQYAiABEgIIXPD_BwE

Cheers

 

[Mariette]

Found this handy picture on here from a different thread

 

[Bouncingsoul39]

Yeah, you have to see their tummy to determine sex. My wife says gravid females are the yummiest. Also, you can buy unflavored sheets of roasted Nori to feed them at your local Asian market or Asian section of the supermarket instead of the hobby stuff if you don't have access to it. The hobby stuff is sold at Petco or online of course.

 

[DomiD]

Yeah, you have to see their tummy to determine sex. My wife says gravid females are the yummiest. Also, you can buy unflavored sheets of roasted Nori to feed them at your local Asian market or Asian section of the supermarket instead of the hobby stuff if you don't have access to it. The hobby stuff is sold at Petco or online of course.

Cheers for this will try and take a pic of him next time I see him waving at his reflection in the glass and compare it to the above