Blue Legged Hermits, Good? Bad? Post your opinion

[ElGuappo]

There great the only issue i ahve is that 2 have killed margarita snail for the shell. no biggie other than that great.

[Trigs]

hmm good to hear, i have like 12 in my soon to be reef right now, do you think that they will be alright? 90 gallon

[argan]

I love mine, gotten big and never touched my corals.

[Drock169]

if youre going to have a hermit, these are the ones. Pretty docile, will also eat hair algae when hungry enough, and they stay small.

[Trigs]

good to hear, so your saying i dont have to go fishng for some hermits?? lol

[a4twenty]

i love them, they do a great job cleaning LR. just put a few extra shells in so they can grab a new shell without having to kill a snail.

[Trigs]

good i got some in there and i dont have any snails so thats not a problem lol

[untamed]

I have maybe...one hundred of them...I don't know. Their most troubling behaviour is a habit of collecting in large numbers on SPS during the daytime. "Group huddling" behaviour that blocks the light getting to the coral. Other than that, they've never been a problem. I don't know if they are doing anything particularly good or not....Food for the mantis, I suppose.

[Puff]

i have a bunch in my 24 gallon. probably about 6-8 blue legs and 3 scarlets. the scarlets are beautiful, but get bigger.

ive had very minor "hermit aggression". 2 of the little blue legs like to try to take the mysis from my favia, but the favia likes to send out it's feelers and tag the little guys. they learned pretty quick to steer clear of the favia at feeding time. one blue leg has setup shot under my frogspawn and keeps the branch and surrounding area very clean. personally i love the little guys. they also keep lots of feet on the rock and sand which helps keep the flatworm population in check. also helps stop algae growing.