Hermits from beach!

[guardian]

I put about 5 hermits that I got out of the gulf - Orange Beach, AL that had cool shells and they have cleaned all of my algea off of my rocks in no time. Will they run out of stuff to eat and die. I put little pellets in the tank and it does not take long for them to find them. Should I pull them out?

 

[mikeyjer]

Originally Posted by Guardian
I put about 5 hermits that I got out of the gulf - Orange Beach, AL that had cool shells and they have cleaned all of my algea off of my rocks in no time. Will they run out of stuff to eat and die. I put little pellets in the tank and it does not take long for them to find them. Should I pull them out?
It depends on how big your tank and do you have live rocks? How big are the Hermits? You could just drop some pellets once a week to feed them. They should be fine. They'll keep your tank very clean!!! Mine does anyway....

 

[guardian]

They are about 2 1/5' inch

 

[oceanist]

they clean pretty good huh ?? i have blue legged hermits (small) and they arent doing a dam,n thing , my chocolate chip start and turbo snail sure are going to town though

 

[ophiura]

WARNING!!!!
Most of these large hermits from the gulf area are NOT REEF SAFE and are not just algae eaters! I DO NOT recommend keeping them. They can be highly destructive.