Blue Leg Hermits, on zoas! not reef safe?

Discussion in 'Inverts' started by Puffer Chick, Dec 4, 2009.

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  1. Puffer Chick

    Puffer Chick Giant Squid

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    their on my new corals, are they not reef safe? or are they ok?
     
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  2. Jim522

    Jim522 Purple Spiny Lobster

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    my bluelegs crawl all over my corals, but they don't hurt them.
     
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  3. Puffer Chick

    Puffer Chick Giant Squid

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    ok, just wanted to make sure, this is my first coral so i didn't know, i just hope their not pissing them off, i want them tall to open
     
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  4. Jim522

    Jim522 Purple Spiny Lobster

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    yea, they might close up for a minute, but don't worry it's not gonna hurt them.
     
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  5. norg.

    norg. Kole Tang

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    same here. never hurt them. just liked to poke em and watch em close up. lol interesting creatures hermits are. :p
     
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  6. Siddique

    Siddique Dragon Wrasse

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    I've heard that they destroy GSP but don't know how true that is!
     
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  7. Puffer Chick

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    ok good to hear, i have like 3 hermits on them, i guess they have really misssed corals

    lol they sure are, funny how they knew about the new corals

    wow really, wonder if that really is true :)
     
    Puffer Chick, Dec 4, 2009
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  8. WuWu

    WuWu Feather Star

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    Ea don't sweat it though I've noticed all my crabs run staight to corals as soon as I put them in if you watch I bet yours do to
     
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  9. mantis

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    Blue legs don't destroy anything
     
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  10. =Jwin=

    =Jwin= Tassled File Fish

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    What mantis said. Our GSP grows the fastest out of all of our corals...nothing destroys that stuff.

    And hermits will walk over everything. Especially at night. A new zoa might close up for a bit longer, but a zoa that's used to it will pretty much close up when the crab's on it, and then open right back up just a bit after the crab leaves. Currently, there are 5 crabs on our GSP at 11pm. i'm not bothering to count zoa crabs. Rest assured, they're there :lol:

    In actuality, they're probably helping the coral. Zoas and GSP and other corals don't exactly clean themselves, do they? ;) Having some crabs clean in those hard to reach spots probably helps out alot.
     
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