There is such a wide variety of both hermit crabs and snails, are some more or less compatible with eachother than others? Would a smaller hermit crab like a scarlet still kill a snail like a large trochus who's shell wouldn't even be suitable for such a crab? I would like to hear peoples' opinions and if anyone has experience with certain species of crab being compatible or not with different snails. I personally used to have some halloween hermits which would eat astrea snails though I'm not sure if they killed them or if the snails had died previously.
My blue tip hermits became man eaters. Yes they had food. Yes they had empty shells.
The larger two picked the others off one by one after dark.
Eventually I had only 3 left ..
One morning I found my two gorgeous large cleaner shrimp wedged in the rocks. The crabs killed them too!..
We are talking a load of money. Oh they went after snails too.
What an idiot I was...
So know I purchased one cleaner shrimp 2" for $42 1 snail and a bundle of red tip Hermits only 1" for $65 .
I kept online til the salesperson succumbed and waved the $40 ship fee and $14 handling fee. I paid $7 extra to guarantee 10:30 delivery.
So I want to know is there a snail dip like for corals?
If I try quarantine they would no doubt die.
Is there such a thing?
I have a beautiful pair of mated clown fish. A firefish and 2 sandsifter starfish for cleaning. Oh a sandsifter gobie that hasn't sifted a single grain. The previos one never stopped cleaning...and some sort of fish I don't know what it is..it's so cute. It hides in a large empty snail shell with its head poking out. It has a long snout with 3 dots on top of its head...
So I need these cleaners desperately. They come tomorrow.
After acclimation can I just dump them in..
Oh I have terrible hair algae. I had a beautiful tank but had to go out of town. I had a sitter. I swear I don't know how a single fish survived. Ever since that algae is horrible...
So next huge problem...my filter. The rod that goes thru the impeller has broken in 2 proably four or 5 times.
U can't buy the rod or even the impeller and rod separately . U must get a replacement pump for $35. So I have collected 3 pumps and have one working. All the others have no rod!
So last nite I woke up to a grinding sound and clody aquarium water
..yep another broken rod.
My 2 clown fish at top ofvtank . I guess they are gasping. I had a airstone I usually hadn't used cuz it stirs up the sand . But I put it on a good spot .
Now I am a widow and have no car. So I can't get out to hunt down any new stuff. And I have to buy online. ...oh take UBER ..HA!
ANYWHERE u can expect about $40 round trip. Fearing for ur life and worrying if u will get a ride back
..
.but anyway
Online the rods I did find are all metal. Gee coralife. Wise up!
O call it my other life. I used to live in harrisburg pa
In nearby lancaster was a huge warehouse with everything imaginable and a 14 day saltwater fish guarantee and amazing prices. Being a warehouse.
And they employed marine biologists. No high-school kids.
They also shipped. I thought I was golden. I moved to another town. They no longer shop! No exceptions!
So b4 becoming a widow I had my aquarium room. Over years I acquired two 75 gallons. A 50 gallon and a 35 gallon. I was forced to move and list everything. I couldn't even get the stuff removed. Let stone sell anything. It ws heartbreaking...
So in my tiny apt I am trying a small coralife nano tank. It's been more expensive than I imagined. The prices if fish are so high!
The local fish stores have no guarantees and always died.
.so back yo it. The snails.nlue tip hermus and one cleaner. Can I just put them in the tank?
Sorry for all the typos
