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09-08-2001, 05:12 PM
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Just Moved In
Join Date: Jun 2001
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to crab or not to crab...that is the question
i'm ordering my clean-up crews this week, and do u think i should sub out the crabs? i need reasons, not just opinions!
to crab or not to crab...that is the question
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09-08-2001, 05:29 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Pine Grove, CA USA
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I think a mix of the two are a good solution. Crabs are "busy" little fellas that are great at getting rid of excess fish food, detritus and such. Snails will take care of alot of the algae. Crabs will do the same as well. Get both, IMHO.
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09-08-2001, 08:28 PM
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Just Moved In
Join Date: Jun 2001
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well, looks like most people are partial to both
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09-08-2001, 09:18 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Lenexa, KS, USA
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My experience has been that you can start out with both crans and snails, but you will evenually end up with only crabs. Hermits seem to enjoy eating snails for their shells, or just eating them for dinner. Nassarius snails are great scavengers that perform the same duties as hermits. Plus they don't take out other snails. I am in the process of ridding my tank of hermits and using only snails for clean-up in my tank.
JMO/JME, Andrew
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09-10-2001, 04:01 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Manhattan Beach, California
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I would use some crabs since they are really cool once in the tank. I wouldn't recommend a Sally Lightfoot since they can go
crazy and kill everything. I have scarlet crabs, a couple left handeds, and the coolest of em all, an Emerald Crab. He eats only green algae. I've got a couple turbo snails in there and the creatures dont bother each other. |
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09-10-2001, 01:31 PM
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Governor
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Denver co, USA
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Any Crab is not totally reef safe! I use both but I keep an eye on them! I did stop using hermits thou, due to the keep eat my snails!
GOOD LUCK!  VTEC SI |
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09-10-2001, 05:18 PM
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Just Moved In
Join Date: Aug 2001
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I gave up on snails. Most are butt ugly, inefficient and short lived.
At least crabs live longer, and are much more fun to watch. enjoy, Jack |
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09-10-2001, 08:00 PM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Lakeville, MN
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Finally quit using hermits...It was the last time I saw them with a snail shell on their back
 Actually, If you get the right kind of snail their will be many generations  so who cares if they are short lived...
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07-15-2004, 09:10 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Swartz Creek, MI
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Wow!!!
This is an oldie!!! From 2001! I say NO to crabs! |
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07-16-2004, 05:35 AM
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Just Moved In
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Singapore
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I said yes to both crabs and snails!!!
Like what the others said, snails take out a lot of algae and crabs eat uneaten food. And another reason for having crab is it will help you to eat up dead organisms in your tank. Sometimes,you may not notice something in your tank had just died off and leaving the dead stuff in your tank is bad... Therefore, the crabs are to the rescue!!!  You can add freshwater balloon mollies too because i've heard from pple that they are "water cows"... Grazing on algae non-stop...(correct me if i'm wrong...) |
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11-30-2004, 04:29 PM
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Governor
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Lakeland, Fl.
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i went crabless for about a year...... and i got overrun with algae and crap/// my tank hasnt looked better since i added them back in... granted my snails dont agree with me...
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12-01-2004, 07:54 PM
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Location: Arkansas
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Since this keeps getting revived........I like a mix of small......SMALL Hermit crabs and Snails.
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12-01-2004, 11:14 PM
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Just Moved In
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Lacey, WA
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I have found the same that everyone else has, have crabs, feed them your snails. My hermits aren't to detrimental on the snail population, but my Sally Lightfoot (actually someone elses now), was awful. She would take out 3-5 snails a day, the other morning she was hoarding 3 snails and eating out of all the shells, ahhh!! She also would torment every fish that swam near her. I caught her feeding on my cleaner shrimp a while back. Didn't really think she was big enough to get one of them, guess I was wrong. Since she has been gone my new population of cleaners and peppermint are just fine.
Escargot anyone? 
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12-15-2004, 12:51 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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No crabs... what is it that Anthony Calfo says about them .. "opportunistic omnivores"??
Snails (bumble bee and nasarius) and serpent stars and queen conches for moi... |
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12-16-2004, 03:57 AM
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Quote:
Thanks, Brandon
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12-25-2004, 02:08 AM
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New in Town
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Pennsylvania
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Snails... I just put the last of my hermits in my fuge.... tired of them eating my snails.... i think snails do just as good
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