How many blue leg hermits in my 20?

[Ben1287]

Wanting to know the suggested stocking rate of blue legs into a 20 with approx. 12 Lbs. LR.

 

[Ben1287]

bump.

 

[Illuminati]

8-10 should work. I have 10 hermits in my 24.

 

[dcoufal]

I'd go with 0....

I've still got a couple of blue legs roaming around in my 125 that I haven't pulled out; but, all the other hermits are Mexican Red Legs or Scarlets.

The Red Legs do a much better job at cleaning than the blue legs -- at least for me.

Dwain

 

[Illuminati]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9132009#post9132009 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dcoufal
I'd go with 0....

I've still got a couple of blue legs roaming around in my 125 that I haven't pulled out; but, all the other hermits are Mexican Red Legs or Scarlets.

The Red Legs do a much better job at cleaning than the blue legs -- at least for me.

Dwain

I agree with that, I have baha hermits from Premium Aquatics, they aren't scarlet hermits but they aren't monsters like blue legged ones.

 

[Ben1287]

Go with scarlets then? If so, how many of those?

 

[YellowDesmo998]

8-10 if you are a heavy feeder. Otherwise 6-8 should work.

 

[Ben1287]

Sounds good, any more opinions out there?

 

[YellowDesmo998]

If you look at the details of most clean-up crew kits for a 30 they call for 6 scarlet hermits. Take a look here. I just got this crew for my 24g

http://www.drmaccorals.com/Detail.a...ShowProductCategory.aspx?CategoryId=31#I+1041

 

[Randy1]

I really don't like any crabs or snails they knock things over all the time mostly at night. After you tank cycles you shouldn't need many of either(few)

 

[ALittleSalty]

I have 2 scarletts in my 24 AP and they do a great job. I am fishless right now, but I have some nice patches of red gracila (sp?) and some other bigger red leafed algae, and they seem to munch on it a little, but once some hair algae popped up, they had it gone in less than 2 days.

They also seem to like to climb up the back wall, then fall to the sand. Last night they both took off up the wall like they were trying to see who could get up it the fastest!!! Too bad my astrea snail came along and knocked them both off.

My experience with blue legs are that they love to rip each other out of their shells and seem to play gladiator with your snails too. Jon

 

[OoNickoC]

3 hermits is more than enough, i agree, the scarlets are the way to go. Most others get huge over time. If you have 10 hermits in a 20g tank youl run into issues.....to say the least. The hermit per gallon rule is not just obserd it is ignorant in nature.

 

[GobyJohnKenobi]

I'd skip the hermits. IMO, they don't do much more than pods and bristleworms for your tank. And the pods and bristles are freebies.

 

[montanabay]

go with the micro hermits, they are like blue legs but really small, they can't cause trouble but do a good job cleaning up.

 

[OoNickoC]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9147687#post9147687 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by montanabay
go with the micro hermits, they are like blue legs but really small, they can't cause trouble but do a good job cleaning up.

Those are unfortuntleey the young juvenile blue leg. Same sp.