Snails or Hermits?

[stanlalee]

Originally Posted by Vpotts28
But I want to ask renogaw how the sally and the mythrax get along. I have two emeralds but want to add a sally.
they get along fine. the sally will walk across them and anything else while feeding causing emeralds to but up a defensive claw occasionally if the sally gets too close but the sally is so fast it can walk all around them and not get touched. otherwise they ignore each other.

 

[cgj]

Should I add a cleanup crew before fish? My 36 bow is cycling right now and should be done in a week or two...
Im thinking 1 cleaner shrimp, 1 purple lobster, 3 emerald crabs and some snails, does this all sound good to you guys or do I need more/less?

 

[cgj]

bump.

 

[gmidd]

yeah add the cleaning crew first. Bluelegs don't require shells so they are a safe bet, like snails their shell is for life.

 

[cgj]

My ammonias still around 2 ppm... will this kill off shrimps/crabs?

 

[neptunes ghost]

Originally Posted by azaintcold
Clean up crew is going to get pricy for the 150. I'll have to go with a reef package but they always come with stuff I don't want like nudi's or conchs. Thats life I guess.
Why don't you like conchs? I had a big diatom bloom when I started my 120. I put in 2 fighting conchs, and it was CLEAN in like 2 weeks!

 

[stanlalee]

Originally Posted by Gmidd
Bluelegs don't require shells so they are a safe bet, like snails their shell is for life.
tell that to my blue legged hermits walking around with nassarius and margarita shells. blue legged most certainly require a snail shell and will kill from time to time to get it. scarlets are your safest bet but they cost about twice that of blue leg hermits.

 

[gmidd]

Originally Posted by Stanlalee
tell that to my blue legged hermits walking around with nassarius and margarita shells. blue legged most certainly require a snail shell and will kill from time to time to get it. scarlets are your safest bet but they cost about twice that of blue leg hermits.
I thought only the Electric Bluelegs required extra shells, not the Dwarf Bluelegs? I better read up on them more then.

 

[stanlalee]

I can assure you he came from the store with a cerith snail shell and within 48hrs of adding nassarius snails he was wearing one of their shells. As the photo shows he's thinking about claiming the empty astrea shell