hermit crab harming corals?

[ptreef]

I bought a hermit crab a while back, and it seems to be upsetting my corals by walking on them. Do I just have to get rid of the crab or is there any other option?

 

[picoreefguy]

i wouldnt worry about the coral should just close up when the HC walks on it and the open back up in a few mins. there shouldn't be any harm to the coral at all.

 

[frantz]

The hermit crabs can actually be good on the corals, they help clean it up and can even eat some parasites if you get any. The only hermit crab I had trouble with was green with stripes and thats just cause he was eating the other crabs. He lives in the sump now.

 

[ptreef]

Also, for the record, he is a pretty big hermit crab, much larger than something like the blue-legged crabs that you see. And all my corals are small frags, not sure if any of that makes a difference or not.