hermit I.D.

[MrX1oo1]

 

[Janice12]

Dardanus species. I hope you don't have small fish.

 

[LeslieH]

Dardanus megistos. Gets up to about 5 inches. Supposedly it prefers molluscs & will break open shells but also eats fish, worms, jellies, corals, cephalopods, echinoderms, etc. , etc.

 

[MrX1oo1]

damn, its such a beautiful hermit too. I guess i'll take it back tomorrow. this is a relatively retarded question, are there any nice looking hermits that are less likely to kill small fish? other than the micros cause i have blue and whites and two tiny scarlets. thanks

 

[Janice12]

You could always set up another tank for it...

 

[graveyardworm]

All hermits are opportunistic feeders. The level of opportunity is determined only by their size. The larger they are the more feeding opportunity.

 

[MrX1oo1]

so any suggestions on a good medium sized hermit thats less likely to feed on small fish?

 

[kar93]

electric blue hermits are quite nice

 

[fishnutz27]

Scarlets look good, stay small and clean the heck out of your LR.

 

[xinumaster]

put it in your sump.

 

[MrX1oo1]

dont have a sump xinu master, just a 24 gal nano with sapphire skimmer, foam filter and carbon for now

 

[graveyardworm]

How large are you referring to as medium sized?

 

[MrX1oo1]

graveyardworm im reffering to anything that are less likely to kill small fish. i have small scarlets, micro white legs and blue legs.

 

[kar93]

shame about them hermits because i think they look really good

 

[graveyardworm]

The smallish ones that you have are probably about it. Not to say that a large one will definately kill a fish, just as they get larger so does their appetite and they're ability to capture larger food.