hermit goin' hungry?

[funkincredible]

I have a hermit crab and about 4 little turbo snails in my 50g tank with about 10-15 lbs. live rock. I have tons of coraline growth, but I dunno if the hermit needs more to eat, he's always picking at teh roch but is he getting enough? Also, without any ammonia source, what would be beneficial for more growth on the rock without harming the crab and snails? would it be safe to toss in a raw shrimp tail form the deli counter? Any info. would be great, thanks.
-Dustin

 

[scy]

Hello,Hermit crabs will find food that on your rocks or bottom of your tank,they are scavengers.

 

[hermitcrab]

Yup, they also eat fish "poo" so they never run out of supply !

 

[funkincredible]

that's great, except there's no fish, that's why I wrote the post

 

[dad]

hi,
i would add some more hermits and snails.
for the cycling system to work correctly, you need waste.
by adding food etc that cannot be cycled correctly ,you are just asking for trouble.
i do not know anything about your tanks setup though.
but your question was; to feed or not.
i would say no.
sorry but alot of details could help,
i would like to know more about your tank!
sounds interesting.

 

[fish]

I have used a small portion of green leaf lettuce and they loved it. If you have any remaining the next day take it out to prevent water problems.

 

[goofieones]

If you really feel like they are hungry, just throw in a couple of sinking pellets, and they should find that and eat it. Usually hermits will eat any left overs from the fish, but since you don't have any fish, it might not hurt to add a couple of pieces of fish food. But I wouldn't worry too much about them.

 

[funkincredible]

Thanks for the posts, now I have a few damsels to create waste and the tank started an algae bloom the day after the post, so the hermit's in paradise, I also tossed in a bunch of shells from Hawaii andhe loves to swap them all the time. Pretty funny actually, he'll get in a big ol' shell and can't even move, so he'll jump ship to the old shell.