Decorator Crabs and Corals

[plp]

My decorator crab likes to remove polyps of some of my coral (Zoos - Green Center). The question is two fold. Will the polyps grow back on the rock? Will the polyps the crab has stuck on his back live and grow? It almost makes sense it could be a means of the corals spreading when the crab molts.

 

[teen]

the coral will regrow where he stole them from, and the coral will continue to grow on his back. only thing that sux is when he molts, he steals new corals, doesnt re-use the old ones he used to wear.

 

[howardj]

If a decorator crab 'steals' a zoo.. will the zoo give off toxins?

 

[teen]

nothing that you have to worry about.

 

[sambasam]

Originally Posted by teen
nothing that you have to worry about.
if he gets corals that are a less hardy he can hurt them by moving them around too much in/out of light. corals like to stay put in light

 

[teen]

did you read his question?