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Old 04-15-2012, 04:12 PM
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I have no tolerance for a $1.50 crab irritating a $80.00 coral


My thoughts in a nutshell. Crabs are evil. KILL THEM!
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Old 04-15-2012, 04:26 PM
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I like hermits, it's not a real reef without them......
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Old 04-15-2012, 04:31 PM
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My snails population are getting smaller and my hermit crab is getting bigger now he is in one of my turbo snail's shell.
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Old 04-15-2012, 04:58 PM
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My snails population are getting smaller and my hermit crab is getting bigger now he is in one of my turbo snail's shell.
Maybe that's why I'm in the minority in liking hermits, I have so many stomatella, columellid and cerith snails, I haven't had to buy any in years
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Old 04-15-2012, 04:57 PM
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My thoughts in a nutshell.
dont you mean "in a snailshell"?
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I personally love hermits and have had no issues with them harming any corals. They are excellent scavengers, pretty much their sole purpose. Blue legs and scarletts do not seem to climb all over corals like the zebra legs. And as for shells j&l sells bags of probably 50shells for a couple bucks.
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Old 04-15-2012, 09:53 PM
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I personally love hermits and have had no issues with them harming any corals. They are excellent scavengers, pretty much their sole purpose. Blue legs and scarletts do not seem to climb all over corals like the zebra legs. And as for shells j&l sells bags of probably 50shells for a couple bucks.
Agree 100%.
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Old 04-15-2012, 10:00 PM
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Micro hermits are the best. They are normally cheaper then $1.50 too. I think they are just juvenile blue legs. But I do not see them bother corals other then sps, maybe because they could easily become a meal.
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I like my hermits too! Q though will they eat the yellow gunk build upon the bottom of the sump?
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Old 04-17-2012, 04:05 AM
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so if a lot of you don't use hermits what do you have for a CUC, just snails? Do you use a mixture of species?
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