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07-12-2006, 08:31 PM
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re hermits
I have lots of hermits in my tanks
Personally I like them I think that they do an excellent job of cleaning up any excess food or detritus. Plus I think that they are cool to watch. However, as they grow they need shells. They will kill each other off to get those shells. So if you are going to get them, ensure that you have a few shells lying around in your tank so that it gives them a new home. As well, they can go after your snails and kill them off as well. In fact, I have heard that zebra hermits are particularly bad at killling off snails. Although, as far as I know, all hermits are considered reef safe, they have the tendency to knock your corals around as they climb around the rocks. You basically have to weigh the pros and cons and see what suits you. If you don't care about losing a few snails or have smaller corals that can get knocked around by a clumsy hermit, then a few hermits, IMO, make a nice addition to any tank Hope this helps Neal
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07-30-2006, 03:58 AM
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crabs rule!I have a few halloween crabs(the black and orange ones) A couple electric blues,a bunch of zebras,emeraldcrabs,and pom pom crabs.No problems with any of these.So I would recomend some.
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07-30-2006, 04:54 AM
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You generally want the scarlett red reef safe hermits in a reef tank. I've got some awesome Hallowe'ens and Electric Blues in my FO however. You should see those buggers chase down small hermits.........
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08-02-2006, 10:20 PM
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Yeah there are pro's and con's (knocking over corals) for sure to having them. Think there great scavengers and really neat to see beating up a bigger crab & throwing his outta his shell, then running away with it. Silly comedy for me. But I have to laugh. Then feel sorry for the other dude so gives me an excuse to go shopping for shells.
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08-03-2006, 04:47 AM
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I used to have hermits in my tank, but I recently tossed them all in with my mantis shrimp.
 I was tired of them knocking stuff around and killing my snails on occasion. They were sure fun to watch, though, and they definitely kept things clean. I might get more when I upgrade my tank.________ Zoloft lawsuit Last edited by Flusher; 04-21-2011 at 03:00 PM.
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08-03-2006, 09:00 PM
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I also fell in love with the zebra hermits, but they get bigger than the other hermits I have, and aside from their bullying ways with frags and other hermits (killed a few), they both: a) started to kill snails; and b) taught the other hermits how to kill snails - a trick that they have (thankfully) forgotten without the ongoing leadership of their zebra cousins.
Eventually, the bad boys had to go.
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08-05-2006, 03:30 PM
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I am on my third tank and I have always had hermits. Although they can kill off your snails, knock over coarls or steal food from them (larger ones supposedly attack fish but I have never seen or heard of this first hand), I agree with the majority of people and say that their benifits outweigh the problems.
I just think you have to watch out how many you put in your tank. I have heard everything from 1 per gallon (hmmm, 125 of those suckers running around in my tank might be too much)to 1 per 10 gallons. So I say stock up and if they don't start killing off everything then make sure you tell everyone how cool (or nasty) they are!
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