hermit crabs and brains

[al]

hi

i have a brain coral, a tree coral, and some mushrooms. will hermit crabs hurt/annoy/damage/kill any of these? i just bought 20 hermit crabs to take care of an algae problem and saw a few climbing on the brain today. i got kind of nervous. i believe that they are dwarf red tip hermit crabs. thanks...

-al

 

[Zack]

I have never had problems with my blue legs on my brain or mushrooms. However i have herd of problems arising, so i would watch it for a couple days see how it goes. When they were climbing on the brain did you see them pick at it or just climb on it?

 

[reefrunner69]

If there is not enough other food for the hermits to eat, they could become a problem. They will all climb all over whaterver is in there way to get what they want. Typically if they are hermits that are considered "reef safe", they are only a danger to your snails