Hermits, love em or hate em

[JKDMan]

Do you guys keep hermits?. I really like hermits, but they are murdering the crap out of my snails.I've just caught all of mine and am taking them to the lfs tomorrow to trade for snails.

 

[Uncle99]

Hate
Banned them 5 years ago and have not lost a snail nor, have there been any mysterious disappearances
Great water, a couple of tangs, a few snails..........no job for them anyways...

 

[Mike Kearns]

Hate them. Down to 3. Can't wait for them to die.

 

[New&no clue]

Awww man I love my hermits, they’re a murderous gang and the sand is scattered with the carnage. But they’re fun to watch and overall seem to help clean something up.

 

[reefiniteasy]

Mine stack up the snail shells like they are some sort of trophy. They just murdered two of my Trochus snails. It’s the Wild West on the reef.

 

[Vette67]

How can you not like this? Look at that color!

 

[xxkenny90xx]

I love my little killers

 

[Leah Ryan]

I have some shells that I scattered around the tank. I was told the hermits would use these when they needed a new shell, and this would cut down on the hermits killing my snails. The hermits completely ignored the empty shells, and kill my snails anyway. :mad:

 

[Hermie]

Used to love them but when I started getting snails I slowly stopped believing the crabs were useful. Now that most have died off in my tank I don't even want to replace them. Snails are so much better at eating algae.

 

[Gordonm]

How can you not like this? Look at that color!

Years ago this little guy got out of his shell and streaked along like saying , hey look at me!

 

[Sharkbait19]

Do you guys keep hermits?. I really like hermits, but they are murdering the crap out of my snails.I've just caught all of mine and am taking them to the lfs tomorrow to trade for snails.

I love hermit crabs!! I love their goofy and silly walking and their personality! My only issue is that they keep flipping my coral frags over for a reason that’s beyond me. As far as eating snails, it depends on the type of snail I guess. I know they can be picky with ceriths if they don’t have enough shells. Do you have a good amount of shells? I know blue legs are one of the more docile species. As far as having snail troubles, I have had more of a problem with my emerald crab attacking snails than with the hermits.
Mine are so funny, especially when trying to scale the walls!

 

[CelestEel]

I like my hermits. I do have extra shells in the tanks and they do use them. I haven't noticed them killing snails in a long time.

 

[rwreef]

Hate is a strong word.

I don't use them in my tanks because they are jerks. But they are fun to watch in someone else's tank.

 

[CrazyCarlitos]

Hate.
none in my new set-up
useless imo. Ymmv
There are better cuc options