My Cuc Idea

[fishy55599]

right so i think my first part of CUC will be this

4 blue leg hermits
1 emerald crab
2 mexican turbo snails.

Then if i can find nass snails 4-5 them.

then over time various shrimps crabs and others

 

[weezawoo]

Nooo its gotta be hallowen hermits!!!
I am avoiding blue legs as some say they can be a pita!!!

 

[fishy55599]

donya suggested them to me as i am hoping to get a conch. because the conch shell would be best for halloween hermits.
if i could i would

 

[Funkoid]

Very interested in this thread Making the same choices at the moment, I quite liked the look of the blue legged ones

 

[fishy55599]

cool

 

[ALW]

Blue legs are more busy than other hermit but they stay small. What about Cerith snails?

 

[fishy55599]

What about Cerith snails?

what job do they do?

 

[-Nemo-]

Ceriths are great for diatoms.

 

[fishy55599]

Ceriths are great for diatoms.

ok thanks.
they are a must for my tank then! lol

 

[Donya]

I am avoiding blue legs as some say they can be a pita!!!

So can any hermit when placed under bad conditions. Mind if I ask where this info you're getting is coming from?

Small Clibanarius have consistently ranked at the bottom for everything I have seen of hermit strength and aggression. The idea that they will even be able to make more of a pest of themselves than something like a Ciliopagurus strigatus (what I assume you're referring to by "Halloween hermits") simply doesn't make sense from a physical ability standpoint. Ciliopagurus strigatus is able to reach into openings that seem to thwart small Clibanarius species, probably because the arms articulate a little bit differently. For example, from what I have seen, healthy Nerites generally can't be popped open by a small Clibanarius hermit, but a Ciliopagurus strigatus with similar-size claws seem to have little trouble doing so.

 

[weezawoo]

I will try and find the website I saw it on in a bit!! I can't remember where but I read the red legged are better than the blue as they are less likely to cause damamge to others in the tank.

 

[fishy55599]

i have also heard that, but Donya recomended them, and she is the expert. so not a hard choice