Hermit crabs

1bigstud · #1 01-21-2005, 06:58 AM

Will different types of hermit crabs fight with each other?? In my reef I have blue legged hermits and white and brown legged ones. This evening I saw a white and brown hermit munching on the remains of a blue leg. Hopefully the blue leg died naturally but does anyone know if different breeds of hermits would fight each other??? I know that sometimes they will over shells but should I be worried?

SeaHorse_Fanatic · #2 01-21-2005, 05:16 PM

Hermits will fight. I've had zebra's (which I think are your brown & white legged ones) attack each other & my blues. Now just stick with Neon blues which I bought from OA. Keep plenty of spare shells around & that may help reduce aggression due to competition for homes. Also, if the hermits are the same size, that also helps. Usually my problems started when a big one picked on a little one.

JME

Anthony

phreezee · #3 01-21-2005, 05:52 PM

Only keep blue-leg, red-leg, scarlet, and neon-blue hermits. Those zebras kill snails and other hermits. I have 1 zebra that has done this already. He took over the snail shell so I caught him red handed.

1bigstud · #4 01-22-2005, 12:27 AM

Thanks for the help guys. Damn this sucks I've got quite a few zebras in my tank ARRGGHH!!!.

rusty · #5 01-22-2005, 12:30 AM

My snails to have fallen victimto my zebras

doch · #6 01-26-2005, 01:43 AM

I don't know this for a fact, but I've heard it said that scarlets are very unagressive... keep to the mselves fo the most part. I've also heard that Blue legs are quite agressive.