Emerald Crabs

[Kev Smith]

My DT has been set up for 5 months, I have a clean up crew, 3 damsels, 2 clowns, a BTA and some palys and zoos. Today I noticed that the two emerald crabs have grown considerably and I found two crabs similar to the emeralds, but browny pink in color. Could these be offspring? All my water parameters are great and the tank is looking healthy.

 

[Pip757]

Could be hitch hikers

 

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Pull those new crabs and post a photo. keep them contained somewhere like your sump until they're id'd.

 

[RushReefer2112]

I'd post a picture of them whenever you can. They possibly might be gorilla crabs... Are their legs banded?

 

[Kev Smith]

Thanks for the advice -trap going into tonight

 

[oneofmany]

If you do isolate those crabs to your sump make sure that they can't get caught up on the intake of your return pump. Also, I'm not sure if you have an ATO, but sometimes these crabs can affect that too.. My sump almost overflowed because a crab posted up on the float. Be careful. GL.