icecool2 Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Since I seem to easily get confused about what is the same thing and what isn't in this hobby.... Are scarlet reef hermits the same thing as red leg hermits? Link to comment
Withers Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 No, although Scarlets can be sold as red leggeds. Here's what I've always associated with red legged hermits: I have no idea why they're called red legged hermits, but thats what I've always been told they are. They also go by Mexican red legged or Cortez Red legged hermits. Scarlets are bright bright red with white specs around their face. Link to comment
icecool2 Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 This is what the ones at my LFS look like They are larger than the blue legs so I was hesitant to buy any. Link to comment
masterbuilder Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Thats a scarlet in your pic. I like them most of all the hermits. They may not be as good of a scavenger as some others but they are much gentler on each other as well as my corals. Mine dont throw frags around like blue legs or red legs did. I hate blue leg hermits, they are distructive savages. I say...get scarlets if your going to have any hermits at all. Link to comment
icecool2 Posted January 25, 2008 Author Share Posted January 25, 2008 Well, I already have 3 blue legs and they are doing a pretty good job at getting the hair algae under control, at least on the rocks they've visited in the last week. I'm going to add 2 scarlets this weekend and then let it go for a while to see if they can get the algae under control. Current CUC: 3 blue leg 3 cerith 3 nassarius 1 peppermint (not CUC, but he's cool) Link to comment
el fabuloso Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 I agree with the blue legs being destructive. I have (or had) a nice colony of green and yellow zoas growing over a branching coral rock and they've successfully knocked polyps off of it. And now I have a hard time placing the broken polyps because they continually knock them over in the tank. Link to comment
CSoli921 Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 i had an awesome scarlet... now a blue-legged hermit is wear its shell and the scarlet is missing... and im still bummed... sorry had to vent Link to comment
TheUnfocusedOne Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 wow all the blue legged hate i have a 3g going n i actually have 3 diff kinds in that i have a blue leg, a red and a zebra i like them all zebras are quick and interesting blues are very colorfull i have some white legs i nmy bigger tank, i dont like them at all if i ever get a mantis, i plan to let them be the main course speaking of that, i had the idea to try to get maybe 1 or 2 hermts for keepers into a mantis tank maybe some of the bigger ones like the electric blue or the hallowween will they get eating like the rest or do they stand a chance? Link to comment
Withers Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 In time, you'll learn to hate blue legs too. Just wait till it destroys your snail population, not because it wants the shell, but just because its hungry. Link to comment
Rick12341 Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 In time, you'll learn to hate blue legs too. Just wait till it destroys your snail population, not because it wants the shell, but just because its hungry. Blues dont bother snails if there is enough food available as well as empty shells to try on. We have 9 in 2 tanks and havent had any issues with our blue leggs. All crabs as well as most marine species are oportunistic, if their needs arent met they will take what they need. Link to comment
icecool2 Posted January 26, 2008 Author Share Posted January 26, 2008 Unfortunately I didn't get some empty shells fast enough. I wake up this morning to find one of my blue legs finishing up evicting one of my ceriths. DARN IT! Now I need to buy another one! Link to comment
Scott Riemer Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 I went to an all snail CUC after having multiple problems with hermits killing snails. Link to comment
benzou Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 I'm an SPS keeper, no softies at all. Scarlet and blue legs barely move or eat compared to my zebra. I've had scarlet hermits sit in literally the same place for weeks at a time. The zebra grows like a beast and moves very fast. Needless to say, he's my favorite. (Although I do keep plenty of scarlet ones) None of them harm the SPS. Link to comment
supreme_spork Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 I've had scarlet hermits sit in literally the same place for weeks at a time. ditto -- i have a scarlet sitting in a fork of a branching frogspawn and he's been there for almost a week. not dead, just... catatonic. Link to comment
Militant Jurist Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 My scarlet must have been cross-bred with a bat at some point... he'll sit in the same place all day, and half of the time, that "place" is on the underside of one of my live rocks! I'll have to get a picture of it one of these days... Link to comment
Duncan Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 ditto -- i have a scarlet sitting in a fork of a branching frogspawn and he's been there for almost a week. not dead, just... catatonic. Erm, you might wish to constantly check out on it. I got some scarlets in the past and all of them loved to sit on my frogspawns. I was like, "gosh, so cute!" and let them be. A few weeks passed, one of the hermits pushed his shell so far into the branch and broke it off from the trunk. And another hermit sat all the way up to the frogspawn head. The head got stressed and withered off. Just my experiences with these guys... Link to comment
uglyamericanV1.5 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 crabs... they crazy Link to comment
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