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wasp9166
03/01/2004, 04:33 PM
:confused:
Forsaken
03/01/2004, 04:34 PM
absolutely
JazzMan
03/01/2004, 04:35 PM
no
wasp9166
03/01/2004, 04:36 PM
oops , sry see the poll, i know blues will attack snails so i was gonna go with reds
jgilliss
03/01/2004, 08:04 PM
i have them in my tank and they are fine
koj11
03/02/2004, 02:26 AM
Scarlet hermit crabs are the least aggressive of any hermit crab in my experience.
gcvt
03/02/2004, 03:22 AM
I just removed all of my blue legs and am left with only scarlets. No more snail deaths so far, so I'm sticking with the scarlets.
TJG
03/02/2004, 03:27 AM
IME all crabs will go after things
xfactor
03/02/2004, 04:29 AM
Forsaken what kind of anemone is that?
TealCobra
03/02/2004, 07:43 AM
Originally posted by TJG
IME all crabs will go after things

Ditto. Crabs are opportunistic scavengers. However, I am about to finally give in and throw some Scarlet's in my tank to help out w/some algae.
luger
03/02/2004, 11:31 AM
Yes to reds.Carefully with blues.Carefully with hawain zebra
shearwater
03/07/2004, 01:32 AM
I started with both blues and reds. Blues won, reds gone.
zrograviti
03/07/2004, 02:03 AM
I have a blue knuckle hermit that ate 3 other blue knuckle hermit. I have a scarlet that ate couple turbo snails, but I think they get aggresive when they need to upgrade their shells.
commandertekki
03/07/2004, 02:16 AM
yup my hermits have been locked together for the past three days and they didnt give up until they got hungrey and decided to take a break and eat. I was glad too because I need them to do their job which was to clean the junk on the ground.

I figure they'll be back at it again.
j0tca
03/07/2004, 02:32 AM
I've got reds and blues, and snails dying.... But everything in general is healthy so I'de say yes:)
TomRep
03/07/2004, 11:39 AM
I have some blues, reds, zebras, and a "halloween" and never had any problems yet. If you keep ebough extra shells on the sandbed, you should be fine. Good luck!
Tom
guitarfish
03/12/2004, 09:52 PM
I have 10 blues & 10 reds. Every now and then I see them doing WWF on smaller snails, the nassarius type. They don't mess with the turbos. I just recently started adding corals, and when they climb on a coral, the coral obviously doesn't like it. I've been knocking them of my new leather all night tonight. They don't learn.
baz
03/12/2004, 10:13 PM
i'll let you know just ordered the big 20 from saltwaterfish I need something bad to clean up my tank... they can fight all they want whn they are no longer on the clock :)

Baz
coyoteseven
03/13/2004, 07:26 PM
No crabs (except Kermit, an emerald crab my neighbor's kid named from my first SW tank), snails only in my new 90g.