decorator will not stop pinching BTA.. what is up?

[ckehl]

everytime i see him poking the BTA, i pick him up and move him.. but everytime i look he is back pinching him? what is going on?

 

[fishieness]

well, it is a decorator crab. the little guy probably wants the BTA as his home.

 

[ckehl]

yeah.. youd think the maroon would try to protect it, but he swims away like a wuss

 

[kdfrosty]

The Decorator is most likely just checking out the BTA. I have a Decorator too who did the same exact thing. He fragged most of my corals a little, but did no harm to my BTA.