Hermits and clams

[Mr.Lloyd]

I have had scarlet hermits with clams for over a year with no problem between them.Are there any types of hermits that anyone has had a problem with?I was looking at maybe adding some tiny blue hermits to see if I could finally wipe out some hair algae.The algae is fairly controlled but I want it gone.

 

[organism]

blue hermits might not be bad for clams, but they're little monsters when it comes to anything else they can get their hands on, like snails, scarlet hermits, etc...

 

[coralfarmer84]

my blues don't touch the clams or anything valuable, but they do eat snails like hamburgers :lol: and p.s. nothing eats hair algae, i've tried it all, even a lawnmower blenny couldn't "mow" it down. Your best bet is to take out the rock and scrub it with a toothbrush and then place it back in the system. goodluck

 

[Mr.Lloyd]

Taking upwards of 400 lb of rock out of a 300g loaded with sps,some of which has fused rocks together by the coral is not an option I want to try.Thanks anyway.I have never really had many of the dwarf blue legs and was looking at them as an option but with 7 clams wanted to check about something new in any quantity.

 

[coralfarmer84]

didn't realize you had that much rock, its really a pain to get rid of hair algae, hope you figure something out. Goodluck to you

 

[cmhollis]

A yellow tang and LMB wiped out my hair algae in about 2 days.

 

[Mr. Eko]

My LMB didnt do squat in my 30.

 

[d4a2n0k]

Try a Sea Hare, one completely wiped out my hair algae problem.

 

[jasper24]

In my experience the blue hermits will not bother corals or clams but will not eat much if any hair algae.