Crabs: To have or have not

[cathyg_99]

i have an emerald crab and no bother from him at all

[Leah]

I love my crabs. My favorite is Porcelain crabs. But I have had Emeralds, Decorator, Pink Hawaiian, Blue legged hermits and Scarlet hermits.And I have Pom poms too! All my tanks have crabs. I also have a sally light footed. Almost forgot she is in my 25 gal.

[fishytime]

Crabs is crabs......they are opportunistic and take what is available to them......Ive never had any issues with my crabs and coral, but all hermits are covert operatives in an underwater terrorist cell known to be responsible for countless snail-jackings....that being said I have several crabs in my tanks....Halloween, left-handed, scarlet, and blue-knuckled hermies in both tanks and pom poms and two different species of porcelain crabs in the small tank.......crabs are to interesting a critter not to have in a reef IMO.....

[fishoholic]

I find my blue and red leg hurmit crabs kill off all my snails. Personally I think the snails do a better job of cleaning and if I had it all to do over I would just stick to snails, although I do admit crabs are fun to watch.

[Lance]

Crabs are bad!!! KILL THEM!!! (or banish them to the sump or give to someone with a Mantis shrimp or crab-eating fish.)

[parkinsn]

Originally Posted by Lance

Crabs are bad!!! KILL THEM!!! (or banish them to the sump or give to someone with a Mantis shrimp or crab-eating fish.)

I was waiting for that post

[lastlight]

Having agreed with Lance so many times before I'd like to add that I currently do have a pair of porcelains and I really do think they're a safe addition.