Blue Legged Hermits, Good? Bad? Post your opinion

[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.

[wetcoast]

You know, starting up my new tank, this time around I said no blue legs. They ate all my snails in my last tank and just caused a commotion.

Now I've got a disgusting sandbed. A cucumber, brittle star werent cutting it - so I went and bought 15 last week. They are small, and are doing an OK job in a 137. Undecided if I will get more. They are excellent scavengers and quite hilarious to watch when FOOD!!!!!!!@@@ goes into the tank.

[fishoholic]

never had any issues with ours.

[MMAX]

Yeah they are funny when food is dropped in...it's a mad rush, like they haven't eaten in a week.

[danny zubot]

Yeah they are funny when food is dropped in...it's a mad rush, like they haven't eaten in a week.

Thats what they are good for, getting the left overs that the fish missed. I find them to be snail killers as well, but as long as you have extra shells they should leave everthing else alone.

[Lance]

Aside from the 2 Astraea snails they killed, mine are fine. My favorite species of hermits.

[kwirky]

blue legged hermits, fairy hermits and left handed hermits have never caused me problems. I love watching hermits they're allways real active