will an emerald crab kill my hermits

[buddy25]

I was wanting to know if a emerald crab would kill all of my hermits that i allready have in my tank it is 10gal.

 

[shaggydoo541]

They can become agressive as the get larget but the one I had lived with several hermits and didn't cause any trouble with them.

 

[skipm]

Emeralds generally eat algae, so if your tank is getting low on algae you may want to supplement their diet with a suitable substitue to keep them from possibly becoming aggressive to survive.

 

[drty811]

i had a bunch of problems with my EC. when he got larger he killed three fish, couple hermits, and some snails. at the time i didnt realize it because it happened at night, but i caught him three times before i evicted him. my fish would swim through his hole and wham he got them. great crabs when they are smaller but warning when they get BIG. HTH

 

[buddy25]

Ok thanks everybody :mrgreen: I think that we are going to get 1or2 of them for the tank tonight

 

[mikeguerrero]

I picked up three last night for my 72 gallon... I'm really hoping they don't cause damage to the tank.

I owned a single one in my 12 gallon cube and it never did anything other than eat algae.

Mike