Coral safe hermits/snails?

75Gallons · #1 09/09/2007, 11:58 PM

Double checking before I buy my cleanup crew. Which are hermits and snails are safe to keep with corals?

loosecannon · #2 09/10/2007, 01:07 PM

Turbo spp., Astraea spp., Lithopoma spp., Collonista spp., Trochus spp., Tectus spp., Nerita spp., Cerithium spp. . Crabs, Mithrax sculptus. , Petrolisthes spp. , Clibanarius tricolor, Paguristes cadenati, Paguristes digueti.

kuoka · #3 09/10/2007, 01:16 PM

I have blue legged hermits and astra and turbo snails.

Gdevine · #4 09/10/2007, 01:50 PM

Blue legged hermits can be problematic...the Red legged (scarlet I believe) are very reef friendly and community residents.

rickytikki · #5 09/10/2007, 02:50 PM

Just to clarify, there is a difference between red-leg and scarlet hermits: red-legs are NOT 100% reef safe, scarlets typically are. Watch out for turbos with your corals, the can knock them over. I've got blue-legs, red-legs, scarlets, mithrax, a sally lightfoot, and some unknown hermits and I have never had the slightest problem out of any of them except this: they like to kill snails. That being said, you still need the crabs to clean up. All of the usually available snails are reef safe, just keep a check on how many you have, you will have to replenish every now and then.

rickytikki · #6 09/10/2007, 02:52 PM

Oh yeah, don't ever completely trust any crab.