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Old 09-08-2009, 08:24 PM
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What about the bluelegs though which stay small?
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Old 09-08-2009, 08:39 PM
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The blue legs hermit crabs will stay small, but if they get hungry enough, will eat snails. They are pretty cool to look at though. I would avoid the scarlett hermits. I have a couple in my 125 gallon tank, and they can be a pain, falling into LPS and damaging them, and killing snails and blue leg hermit crabs.
I would add various snails and shrimp instead. The shrimp I would hold off for a little while, but you could add a few snails right now. Make sure you acclimate them slowly, as others have posted. You could look at a brittle starfish as well after you've had your tank up and running for a little while. They are really neat as well. Just avoid the green ones, as they are fish killers.
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Old 09-08-2009, 11:38 PM
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More reading about crabs

http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchcrabs.html
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