snow flake eel

[logen32]

i was wodering can u keep crabs withthis eel?

 

[nicetry]

Certain ones. Hermits will be fine. Sally lightfoots, emeralds, porcelains, etc..will likely be eaten in time.

 

[irenicus]

Hermits will be ok. The other larger crabs such as emeralds, sally lightfoots etc, have the potential of being prey.

 

[logen32]

so the red and blue hermits will do okay with the sfe

 

[nicetry]

Yep. The eel might nose around abit, but shouldn't bother them. I kept numerous hermits of various sizes with a large SFE and he never pestered them.

 

[nickfish]

I would not trust it at all. Mine will gulp down a 4" piece of shrimp whithout even chewing. I would trust them w/coral, but not crustations. Even the largest of them.

 

[nickfish]

I have never tried it but I would not trust them w/any crustation.

 

[logen32]

so whats the best way to keep your sand clean without these guys.

 

[liontamer]

Nickfish doesnt have a ton of experience, so he doesnt realize that a sfe eel can indeed gulp down a shrimp, considering it is natural prey. BUT, they wotn eat any hard shelled crustacean. They will eat those other crabs you see, like the procelains and the emeralds, etc. But they wont go after snails or hermits, although im not sure about conchs...
So, yea, u can keep hermits and snails, an eel wont just swallow a shell like that, cuz they'd never digest it, and they know that. On the other hand, the kinds of crabs that they CAN eat, they can crunch down on em and make em digestable.

 

[wakeskater]

i have lots of dwarf crabs in my tank with me sfe but me ate all 12 of my mexican turbs over the corse of a month

 

[moraym]

I have not had trouble with my SFE eating hard-shelled crabs or snails, but maybe i'm just lucky