Huge Emerald crab?

blaxsun · Jul 15, 2023

Definitely a male. Now you just need a female companion for him.

Singspot · Jul 16, 2023

Townes_Van_Camp said:
I had one about that big. I think he was 4 years old. He ate my fire shrimp during a molt. For that devilish act, I threw him in the intercoastal waterway in Jacksonville Florida. C'est la vie crab.

Did you see it kill tye fire shrimp or just it eating dead or dying remains?

Singspot · Jul 16, 2023

Here is video of 1 of largest Emerald crab I have. It has 2.5 inch long arms, the big claws have 0.5 8nch lomg pinchers! Check it out ...

1. Is this Emerald crab?
2. Is this advisable to be removed?

Note:
A. I see him eating even in day time and with light flashing at him (like now) but never saw him touch corals or fish.
B. I have not seen any damage in my tank other than disappearance of 2 big and 2 new Peppermint shrimps.

Townes_Van_Camp · Jul 16, 2023

Singspot said:
Did you see it kill tye fire shrimp or just it eating dead or dying remains?

Watched the shrimp molt. Then watched the crab eat him. It wasn't a dead shrimp until the crab got him. I used to love those crabs too. I still do when they are small. I'll never get another though.

littlefoxx · Jul 16, 2023

becca10 said:
I was gifted this crab. Looks like an emerald but I have never seen one this big. EVER! The body itself is quarter size and the arms extend to aprx 2 inches total. Is it an emerald or a green something else?

Wow! He is cool!!!

Singspot · Jul 16, 2023

kevgib67 said:
I don’t have peppermint shrimp but a skunk cleaner and a blood red cleaner shrimp in with 2 emerald crabs larger that the OP’s. No problems, they are herbivores.

emeralds are not herbivore