Hermit crabs

[DA fisherman]

Do blue leg hermit crabs eat Zoas :-/ cause I seen this guy at 12:pm on the frag and when I get back home half the Frag is missing!!!!!!!!!!!


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[Scubakev]

I sure hpoe not I have a little of both hermit crabs and Zoas

 

[DA fisherman]

Dude I had to put my hand in there and knock his butt across the tank
:-/ and put the Frag back up on the Frag rack ;-)


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[TRIGGERMAN]

nah hermits def do not eat zoas they will eat any algae growing inside and around them though which will irritate them and make them close. If you are 100% positive your polyps are GONE then look for asterina stars or zoa eating nudibranch/ Those could be the culprits

 

[ZANYMASTER]

Or..It melted or fell off the plug.I have a few of those stars and didn't touch my zoos.

 

[DA fisherman]

Or..It melted or fell off the plug.I have a few of those stars and didn't touch my zoos.

It's that I'm ALWAYS looking at my tank...so if one polyps don't open I want to know why!!! Lolz so I'm looking at the hermit on the plug around 12 then I get back and half the plug was cleaned out :-( not just pieces but all gone .....


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[Imbarrie]

Can't say for sure if the hermits were responsible but all crabs are known opportunistic feeders.
I would consider replacing them with snails or scarlet hermits crabs which are the safest. But definitely stay away from red legged which can be trouble.


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[TRIGGERMAN]

Red leg hermits are def the most aggressive and will kill snails and other hermits. Blue legs will be fine with anything as long as there is empty shells for them to grow into and plenty of food to eat. Def keep a close eye on the tank though. Zoa eating nudibranch are very good at camo'ing themselves they change the color of the zoos they eat. They are cool looking lil critters though they kind of look like a snail w/ hedgehog'y type of spike looking things on their back..google them

 

[DA fisherman]

Okay so I'm here looking at my green Jean Zoa I think they are called..... And some little extremely slim body thing darts past it into my live rock :-(
I sure hope it's nothing bad ...oh I checked into the nudibranch but they look nice this thing looks almost grey/black more like skinny maggots with speed ....


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[jcs11236]

I had my blue legged hermit eat/kill my purple hornets and my blue tubbs. I threw his ass in the back chambers of my tank. No zoas are missing anymore. Blue tubbs are starting to grow back but purple hornets were all gone