My scarlet reef hermit is eating cyano. Is that normal?

[Zer0]

I observed one of my scarlet reef hermit crabs eating a chunk of cyano today, and it was definitely eating, not pulling it apart or whatever. I know hermit crabs are opportunistic feeders, but I didn’t think they actually ate cyano. I feed them algae wafers every day so I doubt it was starving or anything like that. Anyone else experience this? My blue legged hermits never touch the stuff.

 

[Pistondog]

I observed one of my scarlet reef hermit crabs eating a chunk of cyano today, and it was definitely eating, not pulling it apart or whatever. I know hermit crabs are opportunistic feeders, but I didn’t think they actually ate cyano. I feed them algae wafers every day so I doubt it was starving or anything like that. Anyone else experience this? My blue legged hermits never touch the stuff.

My emerald crabs chow down on it too.

 

[Tamberav]

Yes I have a mix of hermits and they will eat cyano. Hermits get a lot of hate but man can they clean a tank up.

 

[NeSsyAqua]

Hermits are algae eaters so pretty sure that's normal

 

[Zer0]

But is cyano a type of algae? I thought it was something else, lol idk.

 

[Mike konesky]

Scarlet's are awesome. Only hermits I'll ever put in a tank.

 

[AutumnReefs]

But is cyano a type of algae? I thought it was something else, lol idk.

Cyano is a bacteria

 

[NeSsyAqua]

But is cyano a type of algae? I thought it was something else, lol idk.

bacteria but a lot of people referred to it as algae lol and it does look like an algae and some my hermits eats them. Cyano aka red slim algae.