Coral Eating Crabs?

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EG617

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I just got my first batch of corals. I got a bunch of zoanthid frags and a colt coral. The zoo's opened up in less than an hour :lol: . As i was going to bed at night i took a lil peek at my tank and i saw my emerald crab very close to one of my zoo's. It was pretty dark so i couldnt tell if he was picking at it or just picking at the rocks under it so i turn on the light and the crab ran away. As for the coral i cant really tell if its damaged or not its still closed up. Should i take the crab out?
 
Emrald crabs are totally reef safe and make very excellent algae eaters. He wont hurt your corals just any stray algae growing on the rock or nearby.
 
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