Aggressive Hermits?????????????

[jhov2324]

I had a nice big Red Scarlet hermit Crab in a white shell, last night I noticed that a blue hermit crab was in his shell, could it have killed my red scarlet and took his shell, i have empty shells for them to switch, are the blue legged hermits that aggressive, the red one was bigger than the blue one, anyone have a clue

 

[aw2]

Hermits will kill each other, for their shells.

 

[lion_crazz]

Definitely. Hermits will kill snails for thier shells, other hermits, and some hermits will even kill fish if they are a predatory type of hermit (such as the fuzzies).

 

[sfe]

sorry to pull this thread up but my hermits have been killing some of my turbos lately. Do I just get rid of them or what. They are fuzzies but I have no idea what kind they are.

 

[saltfan]

I hate the red hermits, those suckers eat everything in their way. IMO, keep the snails and get rid of the bigger crabs. Go with the dwarfs hermits, blue legs and such.

 

[sfe]

Originally Posted by SaltFan
I hate the red hermits, those suckers eat everything in their way. IMO, keep the snails and get rid of the bigger crabs. Go with the dwarfs hermits, blue legs and such.
Yeah I am going to get rid of these guys. i picked them up in the keyes over the summer. :scared:
But they eat snails so I guess I will give to my friend's fowlr tank. When I go back to the keyes i will just get a lot of snails and Blue legs. They have tons of crabs and snails there that you can find on any fish website. They have Blue legs, bumblebees and some others.