mandarin dragonet Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 i am setting up nano reef which is a 24 gallon orca TL-420, and was wondering how many hermit crabs i could fit in (along with other clean up crew members) as i saw one in ly local fish shop that was easily 2 inches big, do they normally grow this big?? Link to comment
psidriven Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Depends on the species. Some stay small while the hairy ones tend to get huge. There are some small blue black stripped ones, the scarlets are the middle. Link to comment
mandarin dragonet Posted December 20, 2006 Author Share Posted December 20, 2006 ok, thanks, any more advice? Link to comment
psidriven Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Are you looking for a clean up crew or you like hermits? For a CUC, just get 1-2 scarlets and a few of the smaller blue legged ones and you should be fine. A 24 doesn't really need too many hermits depending on what you're planning on stocking and feeding habits. Link to comment
mandarin dragonet Posted December 20, 2006 Author Share Posted December 20, 2006 clean up crew really, just would stick with snails if they turned into that huge hairy thing in my lfs LOL Link to comment
BustytheSnowMaam Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 You might have seen a brown striped hermit (Clibanarius Vittatus) which can grow quite big- mine was in a shell 7-inches across. Electric blue hermits can be bigger too. In order of agressiveness, I have found b/w (zebra) hermits to be the most agressive, followed by blue legs, red legs, then scarlets. I keep a few red-legs and scarlets together in my tanks and they do fine. All of these get to a max size (I'm counting the shell here) of about 1- 1.5 inches. All of the above are reef-safe. I really don't think hermits do a lot as far as algae control- they do pick up detritus, but overall I think they're more for interest/movement. I would invest in things that keep the sandbed stirred (good LS, microstars, baja snails) and good algae eating snails. I think the best are baja snails, I believe their other name is cerith snails. Tasha Link to comment
mandarin dragonet Posted December 20, 2006 Author Share Posted December 20, 2006 thanks, yea i will be buying snails with them too, but thanks for the good info Link to comment
Riona Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 Shhhhh, don't tell my ceriths that they're supposed to be in the sand bed, they have too much fun playing in the chaeto garden Link to comment
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