Red vs. Blue

[Sea_Dawg]

I am considering getting some scarlet hermit crabs. I have a few questions about them…

Will they coexist peacefully with BLH?
Are they efficient at “cleaning upâ€

 

[Sea_Dawg]

Also...kinda off topic, but does anyone here keep turbo snails? I know they can be bulky and knock things over, but are they efficient algae grazers? Would adding one to my tank beneficial?

Ben

 

[skipm]

I am not a big fan of crabs because IME all of them have been killers of snails or each other. Some people I know have no problems with them but I think they feed their tanks alot more than I do.
Turbo snails are great algae eaters but you already hit the drawback of having them in the tank, they act like miniature bulldozers and knock things over all of the time. Not a big deal before you start adding corals but once corals become the targets of being knocked around it can end up killing them.

 

[2manytanks]

I've never seen my scarlets eating a snail. I had some RLH's that would mug snails for their shells on a regular basis...they're gone now...

I too, would pass on the Turbo. Use Astreas, Margeruites, and Cerith instead.

just my .02.... FWIW.....

 

[reefman23]

I have seen my scarlet attack, and kill, other hermits and snails... They get lazy with age too. Mine sits in one spot all day long, occasionally grazing when he feels like it.

Jesse

 

[Sea_Dawg]

I guess I will be sticking with blue legs and I wont be getting any turbo snails,

Thanks