Hermit crabs

Iron Crab · 03-22-2002, 08:46 PM

I just pulled all my hermits out. I had redlegs and black/whites.
Has anyone had problems with these guys? The B/W's have started to eat my coralline algae and the redlegs seem to swarm my corals when I add them. Going to trade them in for snails.
Bill

reefhead · 03-23-2002, 12:54 AM

yep, I have had them out for about a a year

however, they now reside in the refug.

organicreefer · 03-23-2002, 11:29 AM

wow,even the black and whites and redlegs giving you trouble.........

i have all kinds of hermits in my tank..never a real problem.
sometimes ,some of the larger hermits will try to steal food from my corals when i feed them,and thats pretty annoying,but i usually just pick them up and drop them on the other side of the tank,and maybe give them something to chew on

i like as much diversity in my clean up crew as possible,and my nephews like the little crabs too

Iron Crab · 03-23-2002, 04:06 PM

Today I just went completely crabless except for my sally. My black and whites got pretty big and within a few hours could strip an area of rock of coralline algea. Didn't like the looks of the bare spots.
I had the Baha redlegs but when I took them back the guy at the LFS didn't thinK they were redlegs. ??
Last night I caught my Emeral Green Mythrix crab ripping at my button polyps. I had to take the entire rock out just to get him to let go so I grabbed the other one out and they went back, too
Traded them with a few extra $$ and got two more corals and some turbos

03-22-2002, 08:46 PM	#1
Iron Crab Council Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: N.W. Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 434	Hermit crabs I just pulled all my hermits out. I had redlegs and black/whites. Has anyone had problems with these guys? The B/W's have started to eat my coralline algae and the redlegs seem to swarm my corals when I add them. Going to trade them in for snails. Bill

03-23-2002, 12:54 AM	#2
reefhead Governor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: st.petersburg,Fl. Posts: 1,513	yep, I have had them out for about a a year however, they now reside in the refug. __________________ Joseph Abrams Enjoy Being, LLC www.NanoReefCentral.com

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03-23-2002, 11:29 AM	#3
organicreefer Governor Join Date: May 2001 Location: Northern CA Posts: 2,171	wow,even the black and whites and redlegs giving you trouble......... i have all kinds of hermits in my tank..never a real problem. sometimes ,some of the larger hermits will try to steal food from my corals when i feed them,and thats pretty annoying,but i usually just pick them up and drop them on the other side of the tank,and maybe give them something to chew on i like as much diversity in my clean up crew as possible,and my nephews like the little crabs too

03-23-2002, 04:06 PM	#4
Iron Crab Council Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: N.W. Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 434	Today I just went completely crabless except for my sally. My black and whites got pretty big and within a few hours could strip an area of rock of coralline algea. Didn't like the looks of the bare spots. I had the Baha redlegs but when I took them back the guy at the LFS didn't thinK they were redlegs. ?? Last night I caught my Emeral Green Mythrix crab ripping at my button polyps. I had to take the entire rock out just to get him to let go so I grabbed the other one out and they went back, too Traded them with a few extra $$ and got two more corals and some turbos

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