Hermit crabs on corals

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is it me or my corals barley come out due to hermit crabs always on top of them don’t even let them breath should I get rid of them or what can I do cause I really want to see and enjoy my corals but God they always on top of the coral I just got new goniopora coral and is the second or third day and still hasn’t fully come out everytime she starts popping out the hermit is on top bruh any suggestions??? Help please!!

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Do you have any fishes? The tank looks very clean (new?) and the hermits may be struggling to find a decent meal in the clean sand. I did see some algae growth on one of the frags so having hermits is probably a good thing to keep that from getting out of control?
 

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