Nassarius snailsd red legged hermits

[DetectiveTofu]

I was wondering if anyone had any experiences or tips on Nassarius snails and/or red legged hermit crabs? Do you need to make a point to ensure that they are receiving sufficient amounts of food, etc? Or should I assume that they scavenging enough leftover food?

thanks in advance

 

[Nuuze]

My Nassarius snails usually come out at night or when I feed and go for the pellets at the bottom, the red legged hermits usually wander and graze all day long all over the tank.

 

[650-IS350]

Agree with NUUZE here

 

[otterpop510]

agree.. no problems generally. i actually have problems with blue leg hermits and nass/cerith snails. for some reason they really like to use their shells..

 

[650-IS350]

Blue legs are notorious snail killers... they will also take down bigger scarlets with ease.... out of most " REEFSAFE " hermits, they are the most aggressive.

 

[Natterjak]

Yup, when I had blue-legged hermits, they eventually killed every one of my ceriths.

Never had a problem feeding nassarius or hermits though - the usually just scavange whatever food falls to the bottom.

 

[650-IS350]

Scarlets are great for dietrus and excess food but from what I've heard blue legs are also good with tiny hairalgae as well plus what a scarlett does. just more aggressive.

 

[Vincerama2]

If you feel like they are not getting enough food, drop an algae disk in there (the ones you feed to pl*costomus and other algae eaters!)


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[pv1191]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9765279#post9765279 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by otterpop510
agree.. no problems generally. i actually have problems with blue leg hermits and nass/cerith snails. for some reason they really like to use their shells..

My red legs have been taking out my snails. I now have 9 reds with shiny new snail shells.

 

[DetectiveTofu]

ah. I guess in the future I will have to deal with some snail losses =)

 

[650-IS350]

just put more empty shells for the hermits