Hermit crab thinks hes a home designer

[Wolf89]

I have an absolutely massive hermit crab, the size of my hand, in my DT. The problem is that he thinks he's a home designer and picks up all of my corals and throws them around all over the place. How do I counter this? Do I super glue the plugs to the live rock? Thanks, Tyler

 

[Firedawg1983]

What kind of hermit is it? Yes definitely glue your frags down. That’s where I would start

 

[Wolf89]

What kind of hermit is it? Yes definitely glue your frags down. That’s where I would start

a thinstripe hermit

 

[Wolf89]

Will any super glue work? And do I take the rock out of the water to glue it? Is it okay for a coral to get out of water?

 

[Firedawg1983]

Yeah try gluing them down first. That should stop the chaos

 

[Firedawg1983]

You can get gel glue or stuff at the lfs

 

[Burrito]

Save time by gluing the hermit first :p

 

[Firedawg1983]

Hahahaha!!!! ^

 

[Scotty Buttons]

Use super glue gel, and you can do it underwater. Taking the corals out isn't advisable. Got any picks of hulk?

 

[timrocks311]

You can take the corals out of the water to glue them. That's perfectly fine for most corals. In my experience, super glue gel does not hold very strong to rock. If he's that big, he could probably break it off. I'd consider epoxy or a mix of epoxy and super glue gel.