Decorator Crab?

[Stege_saurus]

Does anyone have any success/ failure stories with a decorator Crab in their reef? I was thinking about getting one because they are neat to me, but I want to do my research and get the best information available before making a decision.

 

[Old Fritz]

They will pick up your corals and potentially kill them. I actually have an interesting story with one. It decided one day to take and cut up a leather coral and all the pieces it cut up and put on it's back starting growing. It was kinda cool. I can't say you'll have the same story with many other corals.

Although if you ever have a fish die in your tank you don't have to worry about finding it because the decorator crab will carry it around as a decoration

 

[Katrina71]

I had a decorator that I loved. Unfortunately, he killed my tailspot. Even target feeding him. Crabs are crabs.