Hermit Crabs : The different types and how we use them

[Kenn]

Just wanted to start a post that my give someone a little incite on the different types of hermit crab, how we use each species as a environmental control measure ect.

I must admit that I am planning to purchase some this week and I am looking to fill certain ecological niches (sp) in my system.

So jump in and tell us ANY observations that will further our understanding of how these little guys contribute \ harm our reef systems.

Kenn

[Wall_Tank]

The blue legs will kill anything they can for food, or to steal the shell (Snails, Smaller Blue Legs, RedLegs)

RedLegs(Crimson Legs) are normally quite even tempered.

I would not mix them, or the red legs will just be dead.

[Kenn]

The blue legs will kill anything they can for food, or to steal the shell (Snails, Smaller Blue Legs, RedLegs)

RedLegs(Crimson Legs) are normally quite even tempered.

I would not mix them, or the red legs will just be dead.

I completely agree that is what has led to me getting new ones..No Blue leg for me

What about the scarlet leg?

[Wall_Tank]

Your right, I had the wrong shade of red.

[Kenn]

Your right, I had the wrong shade of red.

let me clarify 

I have seen BOTH red leg hermits and scarlet leg hermits (very red)

I have the red but was thinking about picking up the scarlet this time around

it there a difference ?