Scarlet Hermit Crab

meb99

Member
anyone familiar with these and how do you like them and also a cleaner shrimp good thing to have in the aquarium?
 

bigarn

Active Member
Scarlets are known to be the more peaceful hermits .... good clean up crew members. If you like cleaner shrimp go for it .... it's an individual choice kind of thing. :D
 

ericp2311

Member
Sally Light Foot! They are my personal favorite...plus, they will really keep your fish
alert and active...
 

firefish21

Member
I got a sally light foot on saturday and i think she has been very fun to watch so far. sometimes she hides in the rockwork, but for the most part shes out and about cleaning my rocks
 

ericp2311

Member
I personally wouldn't want more than one, because they tend to be aggressive. Experts? They're a lot of fun to watch!
 
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skysmom

Guest
my scarlet is a little on the shy side, and my shrimp, my cleaner shrimp, is really great...he always eats off my hand/arm when I am in there rearranging or what have you.
We have 2 unidentified hermits that are absolutely hilarious to watch. If one is not chasing the other, they are doing flips and "jumping" off of the LR. They are humerous.
 

jcarroll

Member
I have a 55 gallon also and have
2 emerald crabs love these guys
10 red legged scarlet hermits
5 blue legged scarlet hermits
1 sally lightfoot
15 mexican turbo snails
1 coral beauty shrimp
Everything gets along great! The scarlets are always out and about. Emeralds come out quite a bit, but disappear for hours or even days at a time. Sally hardly ever comes out I have to look for her everytime. She's cool, moves really fast, but I was hoping she'd be a little more social. Hope this helps.
 

jsb

Member
I love my cleaner shrimp. It freaked me out the first time I saw him molt.
He's become pretty large too. Take a look.
 

koop

New Member
Originally Posted by MEB99
anyone familiar with these and how do you like them and also a cleaner shrimp good thing to have in the aquarium?
Scarlet crabs are cool. It gives you something else to watch for. Since its redi named mine pyro. I just added a sally and she did not attack anything yet so i think if you get a nice sally it would be fine to mix em.
 
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