Large Tomato Clown Stirring up Sand! Help?

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I recently got a large Tomato Clown from a friend (he was tearing down his tank). This clown is an adult about 4". Every 10 minutes or so he stirs up the sand clouding my tank alot.
Any idea on what is wrong or what to do?

As an additional note - My first coral i bought yesterday a frogspawn has not yet came out. My calcium and KH is fine. My ammonia is 0, nitrite is 0, and nitrate is around 5-10.
How long until it fully comes out and is there anything wrong?
Its been in the tank for 24 hours.
 
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Nothing is wrong, it has taken the sand as a host for a bit.

It isn't uncommon for a coral to be grumpy when first moving into a new tank. Just to be on the safe side what are the other water parameters you didn't list numbers for and how did you acclimate it?
 

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Calium is 400, Kh is about 200ppm.
Acclimated it for about 30 mins.
Thanks alot for your help btw.
 

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I was just looking at my tank, it appears my emerald crab is snacking on this coral?
 

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Tissue part. Hes big about 2" and had it tipped over having a little snack :|
 

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I was just looking at my tank, it appears my emerald crab is snacking on this coral?

It actually happens quite a lot that emeralds have the potential to munch through a coral...Quite a predacious crab in my opinion....hence why i would never have one...
 

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I recently got a large Tomato Clown from a friend (he was tearing down his tank). This clown is an adult about 4". Every 10 minutes or so he stirs up the sand clouding my tank alot.
Any idea on what is wrong or what to do?

As an additional note - My first coral i bought yesterday a frogspawn has not yet came out. My calcium and KH is fine. My ammonia is 0, nitrite is 0, and nitrate is around 5-10.
How long until it fully comes out and is there anything wrong?
Its been in the tank for 24 hours.
my clown does the same thing. Hes nesting. Teritorially type thing
 
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