Snails Vs Crabs

saltyandsweet · 03-18-2008, 11:52 PM

I got about 10 astrea now.. but i hear if i get hermits they will eat my snails.

I need some serious upgrade of CUC to my 55 gallon reef.

Any number of snale crab ratio suggestions would be great. Crushed coral is getting kind of filthy due to waste.

chrischris · 03-19-2008, 12:15 AM

where do you live in texas?
5 scarlet hermits and keep your snails mone have no problems with my turbos and margeritas
you might want to take some of your cc out and clean it manually if it gets to dirty

bosscrab · 03-19-2008, 06:52 AM

The hermits won't eat them. They are looking to move in to there shell. I say get more cerith snails

Elegance Coral · 03-19-2008, 07:07 AM

Blue legged hermit crabs will eat your snails if the sizes are right. I would just add to the snail population. I would also trash the CC and replace it with a sand bed.

DarthOcellaris · 03-19-2008, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Elegance Coral

Blue legged hermit crabs will eat your snails if the sizes are right. I would just add to the snail population. I would also trash the CC and replace it with a sand bed.

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