will hermit crabs eat peppermint shrimp?

[Adira]

I was going to get some peppermint or other type of shrimp at a later
date, but I currently have some hermits.......will they kill any shrimps
I may add later?

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[Richard Reynolds]

not really, but it does depend on the hermit crab, general reef safe ones will leave
shrimp alone.

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Richard Reynolds




"Adira" > wrote in message
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> I was going to get some peppermint or other type of shrimp at a later
> date, but I currently have some hermits.......will they kill any shrimps
> I may add later?
>
> --
> Remember, wherever you go, there you are.

[Pszemol]

"Adira" > wrote in message 99...
> I was going to get some peppermint or other type of shrimp at a later
> date, but I currently have some hermits.......will they kill any
> shrimps I may add later?

What kind of hermits are they? How big are they?

[Adira]

Pszemol wrote:

> "Adira" > wrote in message
> 99...
>> I was going to get some peppermint or other type of shrimp at a
later
>> date, but I currently have some hermits.......will they kill any
>> shrimps I may add later?
>
> What kind of hermits are they? How big are they?
>

the ones with the reddish striped legs, and they their shells are the
size of a half-dollar. They seem to be most interested in eating
alagae off rocks and sifting sand at the moment.

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[Pszemol]

"Adira" > wrote in message 99...
> > What kind of hermits are they? How big are they?
>
> the ones with the reddish striped legs,
> and they their shells are the size of a half-dollar.

Pretty big ones... I can see why you are worried :-)

> They seem to be most interested in eating
> alagae off rocks and sifting sand at the moment.

Can you maybe find a scientific name? It would greatly help.

[Adira]

Pszemol wrote:

> "Adira" > wrote in message
> 99...
>> > What kind of hermits are they? How big are they?
>>
>> the ones with the reddish striped legs,
>> and they their shells are the size of a half-dollar.
>
> Pretty big ones... I can see why you are worried :-)
>
>> They seem to be most interested in eating
>> alagae off rocks and sifting sand at the moment.
>
> Can you maybe find a scientific name? It would greatly help.
>

The LFS called them red legged hermit crabs. If I find out they are
not nice, I can always move to my other tank when I decide to buy
some shrimp. In the Foster's and Smith catalog red legged hermit
crabs are sold in one of the cleanup crew packages that also includes
shrimp.

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[Pszemol]

"Adira" > wrote in message 99...
> The LFS called them red legged hermit crabs.

I was not expecting to get scientific name from the LFS.
Have you tried to search for the pictures on the net
and try to identify them by comparison?

> If I find out they are
> not nice, I can always move to my other tank when I decide to buy
> some shrimp. In the Foster's and Smith catalog red legged hermit
> crabs are sold in one of the cleanup crew packages that also includes
> shrimp.

Maybe it was long time ago I saw half a dollar coin for the last time,
but hermits sold in cleaning crews are much smaller, more like a quarter
or sometimes even smaller :-)

I would say your are probably still fine unless you let them be too hungry ;-)

[Dragon Slayer]

"Pszemol" > wrote in message
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> Maybe it was long time ago I saw half a dollar coin for the last time,
> but hermits sold in cleaning crews are much smaller, more like a quarter
> or sometimes even smaller :-)


i'd think a dime would be a big one sold in clean up packages. quarter
sized would be called GIANTS.

most of what you get offline are micro sized and about the size of a small
pea, if your lucky you might get a few dime sized.

kc

[Adira]

Dragon Slayer wrote:

>
> "Pszemol" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>
>> Maybe it was long time ago I saw half a dollar coin for the last
>> time, but hermits sold in cleaning crews are much smaller, more
like
>> a quarter or sometimes even smaller :-)
>
>
> i'd think a dime would be a big one sold in clean up packages.
> quarter sized would be called GIANTS.
>
> most of what you get offline are micro sized and about the size of
a
> small pea, if your lucky you might get a few dime sized.
>
> kc
>
>
>

Mine are WAY bigger than that, 2 are in shells the size of a half-
dollar, the others at quarter at least. One of them keeps changing
between 2 shells, like it can't decide what it wants to wear.

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[Dragon Slayer]

your lucky (if you can call it that) to have got larger hermits, i have
always got the micro sized some even small as bb's and it always seamed like
they went through millions of shells befor they decided to pick one and grow
a little. now i have a few that are about quarter size and i wish they were
smaller, i dont like the really big one's but i prefer at least dime sized.

kc

[Adira]

Dragon Slayer wrote:

> your lucky (if you can call it that) to have got larger hermits, i
> have always got the micro sized some even small as bb's and it
always
> seamed like they went through millions of shells befor they decided
to
> pick one and grow a little. now i have a few that are about
quarter
> size and i wish they were smaller, i dont like the really big one's
> but i prefer at least dime sized.
>
> kc
>
>
>

I got them at an otherwise unimpressive pet store on Southaven,
Mississppi of all places. The LFS that I go to regular can't seem to
get them at all.

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