Help with hermit crabs

[RyanMcLaughlin]

I just got some live rock and have found two hermits so far. I dont have any food and dont know what to feed them. I have blood worms and freshwater flake food and stuff. Would that work? I dont know how long they will last though becuase my tank just started cycling but hopefully everything works out.
Thank you,
Ryan

[robnuti]

I have three hermit crabs that helped with the cycling of my tank. They should have no problems making through yours. They are scavengers and will eat just about anything.

[drillsar]

I hate hermit crabs, Snails are way better in my opinion, especially Ceriths and with Hermits they kill my Ceriths and dont tell me to get empty shells because I have plenty, Im getting rid of my hermits.

[demonsp]

They maynot make it but dropping a pellet or two or very little frozen a few times a week will help them.

[nanotrigger]

hermits pick on my corals. i'm just waiting for them to die.. they wont.

[Savas]

Hermits are the busiest thing in my tank. My wife hate them and some days when I come home from work, she has one in a cup of saltwater on our counter. It is in a "timeout" because it was bothering something. I think they add character to the tank.

[uscharalph]

Originally posted by Savas
Hermits are the busiest thing in my tank. My wife hate them and some days when I come home from work, she has one in a cup of saltwater on our counter. It is in a "timeout" because it was bothering something. I think they add character to the tank.

LOL!!! I think that's hilarious.

[dileggi]

Originally posted by Savas
Hermits are the busiest thing in my tank. My wife hate them and some days when I come home from work, she has one in a cup of saltwater on our counter. It is in a "timeout" because it was bothering something. I think they add character to the tank.

Hahahaha! That's the funniest thing I've read in quite some time! That's great!

[tigereye37]

I love my hermits, they are some of my favorite residents! In the future i would add some empty shells for them to grow into so they don't eat your snails. My hermits prefer cerith type shells to astrea shells.

[Savas]

Our tank is our kitchen and she uses kitchen tongs to get them out of the tank...

[phenom5]

oh the poor hermits...they sure are taking a beating in this thread. Depends largely on the species of hermit crabs we're talking about. All the hermits I've ever had have been model reef citizens, never even looked at a snail funny.

[jamiep]

You should get a pic of thouse hermits up and see if you can get them ID'd! Some are not safe in your tank. I don't trust anything with claws!

[RyanMcLaughlin]

Well one I know is a red legged hermit crab and the other one i cant find right now but is in a cone shapes shell and is extremely small and black.