hermit crab question

[kookiejar2]

Hi All,

Might be a dumb question, but can an adult size hermit crab eat a 1.5" clownfish?! I want somebody to act as a janitor, but little worried about hermits eating small fish when they sleep!
Can somebody help me with this?!

 

[kookiejar2]

Anyone??!!

 

[myfishhadbabies]

not a dumb question at all, crabs are notorious for eating fish.
how big is the hermit crab? do u know the species?

 

[kookiejar2]

Thanks for the reply! (I was getting more worried about the question being dumb than the crab!! )

I'm not too sure about the crab species... it's in the LFS SW tank. It has got reddish/purpleish legs with thin vertical blue stripes... may be a few specs of blue too. It's around 4/4.5" right now. I checked on the internet and it's not as colourful as the blue legged hermit crabs.
So what do you guys think?!
My sebae clown is 1.5" and playful, but it seems very vulnerable when it sleeps on the tank bed!