Blue legged hermit crab Thoughts and opinions?

[ChrisPPolys]

Good afternoon everyone,

These past couple of days I have been seeing my blue legged hermit crab acting weird. Ive had both the hermit crab and coral for years. I’ve never seen him exhibit this behavior. I keep finding him walking on my neon green toadstool coral. It will walk all around on top as well as flip upside down and hold on. I’ve gone ahead and added a few pictures.

This obviously annoys the toadstool and causes him to close up. Is he possibly eating away at the toadstool? I’m interested to see your thoughts on this behavior. Thanks in advance for your time.

Chris

 

[Patientman]

I believe the blue legged are "nicer" than the red legged ... but I appreciate the work my snails do, and it seem all hermits eventually get hungry for escargot

 

[SteveMM62Reef]

I’ve had the Blue Legs crawl over everything Coral I have, never noticed any damage. If I dip a Coral in Hydrogen Peroxide, for Algae. Multiple Blue Legs, will go over the Coral, picking the damaged algae off.

 

[ChrisPPolys]

I’ve had the Blue Legs crawl over everything Coral I have, never noticed any damage. If I dip a Coral in Hydrogen Peroxide, for Algae. Multiple Blue Legs, will go over the Coral, picking the damaged algae off.

It’s weird it doesn’t seem to be damaging the coral, the coral just recedes for a bit and then is normal 20 minutes later. Maybe it’s his new jungle gym lol