hermit and cleaner shrimp

[saltbaby]

i have a big hermet crab and i was wondering if i got a cleaner shrimp that they would get alone? thanks

 

[hepp87]

Saltbaby that is a rediculous question, ofcourse they will get along, now go to Charlies and buy it.

 

[saltbaby]

thanks sam but i need to know if there will be any probs between them anybody kow thanks

 

[joker_ca]

how big is your hermit? if its one of the huge mermits(3") then becareful they are little monsters that will eat anything they can catch like fish, and shrimp
i had one when i first started out years ago and it eat a peppermint and some scarlet reef crabs

 

[ninjaboy]

I have an anenome hermit and he can't catch the shrimps. I have them for a while now. and I guess it depends on how big your tank is too. Mine is 150g

 

[kdfrosty]

I have nearly 20 Scarlet hermits in my tank (50g) with a cleaner shrimp..They do fine together. I'm not sure a hermit would catch the shrimp anyways....cleaners are very mobile.

 

[joker_ca]

scarlets are the most docile of all hermits, look at the mexican blue leg hermits they will kill other hermits and snails