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poleyc
09-01-2011, 07:07 PM
Picked up an Emerald Crab today to eat bubble algae and the dang thing devoured a red mushroom lol!!!!!
Seriously scratching my head now.
Purdygreen
09-01-2011, 07:09 PM
OH NO! I am convinced my sexy shrimp are eating my new blue zoa's.... super frustrating!
Sarah
thegecko
09-01-2011, 10:21 PM
thats super weird about the mushroom, and as far as I knew sexy shrimp pretty much do nothing lol
Jacque
09-02-2011, 05:28 PM
Had to remove an emerald crab when I witnessed him enacting a rampage through my eagle-eye zoa patch. Don't know what brought that about but I was glad to see it as I would never have guessed the emerald crab to be the culprit.
jorjef
09-02-2011, 06:42 PM
All crabs are evil, they all go to the dark side eventually....
Ashlerbam
09-03-2011, 05:41 PM
OH NO! I am convinced my sexy shrimp are eating my new blue zoa's.... super frustrating!
Sarah

Sexy shrimp if not kept very well fed will start to eat corals mainly zoa skirts. On the topic, all crabs are opportunistic feeders, if their calling for something in their diet they want... they all take those chances. Porcelain Anemone Crabs are the only ones that I have had kept that kept to their selves and they filter feed 80% of the time. As I have had a couple that ate mysis shrimp and frozen mix of stuff.
Purdygreen
09-03-2011, 07:35 PM
Huh, I spot feed the shrimp, they have tamed up fast. I will try giving them more of a variety.
Sarah
Purdygreen
09-04-2011, 07:53 AM
Another night, and less zoa polyps this morning. I moved them back to my overflow in my spec. Annoying because they will root on the sponge back there, but better then them being munched on. Kinda disappointed because I had imagined my tank covered in zoas of all different colors. Glad I didn't spend a bunch on a special one just to have it munched on.