Emerald Crab Mimic?!

Kamden Uelton · Dec 29, 2017

I've had this weird Emerald Crab for the longest time and he's not acting like an Emerald Crab he's acting like a Coral Crab! I moved him from his Coral on some Bubble Algae I want him to eat but instead of eating the Bubble Algae he walked right back to his Birdsnest?! When I try to frag my Birdsnest he'll even try his hardest to pinch me I'm thinking either I have a defective Emerald Crab or it's a Mimic Coral Crab

Justfebreezeit · Dec 29, 2017

Mine would tear up acans so I got rid of em.

Gungo · Dec 29, 2017

Mine ate up a whole colony of Clavularia while I was on vacation, confirmed via security cams... death penalty applied to him.

Kamden Uelton · Dec 29, 2017

frcarvajal said:
Mine ate up a whole colony of Clavularia while I was on vacation, confirmed via security cams... death penalty applied to him.

Mine defends my Birdsnest, I've never seen him eat anything come to think of it

KJ · Dec 30, 2017

Got any pics?

KJ · Dec 30, 2017

Google Tetralia cymodoce and Trapezia serenei.

Kamden Uelton · Dec 30, 2017

KJ said:
Google Tetralia cymodoce and Trapezia serenei.

he looks like Tetralia cymodoce, he's green and has hair on him though?

KJ · Dec 30, 2017

Kamden Uelton said:
he looks like Tetralia cymodoce, he's green and has hair on him though?

Got any pics?

Kamden Uelton · Dec 30, 2017

KJ said:
Got any pics?

next time i see him out of his birdsnest i'll snap a picture.

Eli'sReef · Apr 5, 2018

We have a emerald too! He loves to take up residence in our torch and will go steal goodies from my sun coral when I'm not looking. He's naughty! But he did take care of our long hair algae problem. Very optimistic. Lots of character!

Kamden Uelton · Apr 6, 2018

Eli'sReef said:
We have a emerald too! He loves to take up residence in our torch and will go steal goodies from my sun coral when I'm not looking. He's naughty! But he did take care of our long hair algae problem. Very optimistic. Lots of character!

Mine won't touch algae at all! He just sits in the birds nest all day long.

Ds04384 · Apr 6, 2018

Kamden Uelton said:
he looks like Tetralia cymodoce, he's green and has hair on him though?

Sounds like a gorilla crab to me, emeralds shouldn’t be fuzzy.

Eli'sReef · Apr 6, 2018

Ours has hairy legs, body and claws are smooth some bumps on the back. Here is ours. He hangs out during the day and goes out at night. Sometimes I put some seaweed up there forit to snack on during the day. Maybe see if he will take some? Have you noticed any polyps missing

mckinney0171 · Apr 6, 2018

nah i believe that is incorrect. mine is an emerald crab and definitely has furry legs. mine also hangs out in a birdsnest and defends it with his life. little bugger never moves.

Kamden Uelton · Apr 6, 2018

mckinney0171 said:
nah i believe that is incorrect. mine is an emerald crab and definitely has furry legs. mine also hangs out in a birdsnest and defends it with his life. little bugger never moves.

wow really? I thought my emerald crab was just a weirdo... One more question, Does yours molt? I've had him for 1 year and he hasn't molted since he decided he wanted to protect the birds nest.