good idea?.... or not?

[Rippin]

What corals are you intending to stock your tank with? The reason that I ask is because I've never had any problems with my scarlet hermit crabs bothering ANY of my corals (other than walking over them and occasionally trying to steal the food from the coral's mouth).

I guess if there is excess food settlement in your overflows, the crabs may take care of it, but the circulation in there would have to be mighty slow as crabs won't be able to catch the food as it passes by. A fish seems to make better sense in this situation.

[pulik]

Thanks for the feedback!

Bubble, open brains, blastomussa (sp?), etc.; in other words, soft squishy types that my book claims can or will be damaged from crabs traipsing over them.

[Rippin]

Originally Posted by pulik

Thanks for the feedback!

Bubble, open brains, blastomussa (sp?), etc.; in other words, soft squishy types that my book claims can or will be damaged from crabs traipsing over them.

I've had all of these corals and not a single problem with scarlet, blue-legged or electric blue hermits. Shrimp on the other hand.....