Crabs: To have or have not

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Originally Posted by IronRising

Just a quick note to all those who say crabs kill snails and one another, its mostly because they want new shells! I had that problem and went an bought a handful of empty shells and put them behind my rock so it did not look bad in my display. Solved the problem as far as i can tell.

I gave mine an assortment of shells of different shapes and sizes too... they still seem to like what the snails are wearing better. I like having them in my tank though. My Zebra hermit crabs seem to be the most aggressive with snails and other hermit crabs.