Emerald Crab MIA for 24hrs

can't find it annywhere, i've only had him for 48 hours. I haven't started moving the rock work around or anything. When i first dumped him in he dug himself a hole under a rock in the front of the tank, then went away for a while then came back under the rock?

When should i start worring, or is this normal for crabs? Nothing that i have is able to eat/injure it. I just don't want to have a dead crab somewhere in my tank then have a tank start to crash because of it.

 

dont sweat it. I dont see mine for days on end at times. its normal.

 

hes doing it on purpose for publicity.... he knows your gonna post a new thread on 3reef about him missing... he likes the attention

sorta like the father and the balloon baby... all for attention and publicity.

 

My emrald crab was MIA for about 2 months. Just saw him yesterday for the first time. He'll do that from time to time. Never calls, doesn't bother...like I don't even exist!! Hmph!! Some crab he is.

 

they crawl into holes and crevices of rocks. I never, ever see mine until I happen upon him while rockscaping

 

ok glad to hear it's normal

hahaha yes he is. He's like hey first second i got here, i got pics taken of me, and i liked it, got to find another way to make me famous

wow 2 months! i hope it's not that long, i was hoping to be able to see him on a rock munching on the bubble algae, guess not.

 

kind of scary when your working around on the rocks, like placing a coral, if he pinchies your finger it would really hurt. Glad i got a picture of him when i did.

 

Maybe it will get huge so i will be harder for it to hide. That would be cool, but scary. My friend had one that was larger than a 50 cent piece, quite a bit bigger actually.

 

o yea... your tank wont crash cause of it dying... unless theres something I dont know bout em.

 

get a flashlight and check your tank after the lights have been out for a few hours im sure u'll spot him