hermit's Vs snail's

[morgan175]

Is their any type of hermit that will not attack snails? The lfs said the scarlets wont but I do not believe him. I believe i read somewhere were you don't need hermits? Is this true? I can just go snails.

 

[slice]

My tank is currently snail only. You will find a lot of folks here do not trust any crab and will not allow them in their tank. I had a few red legged hermits for a while, but will not have any again...
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/387765/gsp-hearty-hermits-and-tank-mentoring#post_3414314
I do intend to "rent" an emerald crab or 2 until I get rid of some bubble algae that has popped up.

 

[meowzer]

I also recently picked all the hermits out of my tanks....I got sick and tired of empty snail shells
I have had no issues with emeralds though....and I am not sure about scarlets....I had some, BUT I think the other hermits killed them too

 

[siptang]

slice - I laughed reading your thread.
I can't keep snails in my tanks unfortunately... triggers will eat it up and wrasse will go below them and flip them and tear them up.
I have had better luck with hermits so I just leave them be in my tank.

 

[btldreef]

Hermits = evil snail killers! Lol
The only tank I keep hermits in is my FOWLR, and to be honest, I'm secretly waiting for the eel and puffer to eat the little monsters.
I hate hermits and don't trust crabs in a reef tank, and I make it no secret. If you have the correct mixture of snails, there's no need for crabs.
A lot of people claim that the scarlet hermits are "tamer", but I've seen them kill snails and even each other first hand. The blue legs are by far the most aggressive of the "reef safe" hermits.

 

[saxman]

We've never had any trouble with scarlets and snails, but the others, yeppers. Scarlets are the only hermit we keep, however since we saw one latch onto a resting SH's tail a few years ago, we no longer keep them w/SH. A good alternative are Nassarius snails.
It also helps if the hermits are well-fed since they're opportunistic omnivores. When I feed our preds, I usually give the hermits a small bit of food too...they take it right off the stick.

 

[travelerjp98]

I wouldn't keep snails and hermits in the same tank.... I only keep hermits in my FOWLR tank.....

 

[morgan175]

Interesting thread slice. She really goes for your tank. Next I would like to know for 110 gallon tank what would be the appropiate species and number of snails? I feel the emerald crabs will be fine planning on 2 if all goes right not read any bad stories yet!

 

[reeferchief]

I find that I don't really have a problem with hermit crabs and snails co-existing. I have emerald crabs, blue and red leg hermits, white knuckle hermits, turbo snails and margarita snails. I bought about 10 snails with the cone shaped shell (sorry forgot name) and also have 10 magarita snails. ALL my cone shaped snails are dead only 2 of my original margarita snails died. The reason for this is the margarit snails have shells that are round and they are able to flip themselves, they are not sitting buffets like the other snails. They are very active and do a good job cleaning the tank everywhere. Many people also say emerald crabs mess up or eat on coral but mine are smaller emeralds and all they doo is eat junk in between the zoo's and rocks. So my answer is i like them both and they can both live together in the same tank.

 

[morgan175]

How many snails should i expect to keep in a 110 gallon tank.

 

[snakeblitz33]

Quick Crew (110 High) Snails Only
















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Shipped for free via Express Mail you will get:
120 Dwarf Ceriths - small cleaners that get to the nooks and crannies. Feed on diatoms, cyano, algal detritus, and film algae. Nocturnal cleaners that leave the sandbed at night to search for food.
39 Nassarius - scavengers that will eat leftover food and some fish waste. They will stir sand, but can also be kept in bare bottom tanks.
33 Florida Ceriths - small cleaners that get to the nooks and crannies. Feed on fine hair algae, diatoms, cyano, algal detritus, and film algae. Nocturnal cleaners that leave the sandbed at night to search for food.
29 Large & 15 Small to Medium Nerites - We are currently offering the longer lived and quite hardy Antillean Nerite. (Nerita fulgurans). It grows to a nice size,and consumes a good deal of diatoms, cyano, algal detritus, and film algae. It will also consume some fine hair algae. A nocturnal herbivore that will feed more often at night, they tend to need some time to adjust to the limitations of the aquarium during their first week.

 

[snakeblitz33]

I thought you might find that interesting.

 

[morgan175]

Yes, i do just seems like alot of snails.

 

[snakeblitz33]

For a 110g, it might be a little bit of an overkill, but from this company, the snails are very small to start with. So, it balances out over time. e-mail me.

 

[morgan175]

So turbo's are really not necessary?

 

[saxman]

We only use turbos if we have HA...otherwise there are better snails for dealing with film algae.