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06/15/2021, 02:10 PM
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How many hermit crabs?
How many hermit crabs should I put in my tank? I just added 250 small-med and am wondering if that was too many.
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06/15/2021, 02:27 PM
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Wow that is a lot of hermit crabs! I guess it all depends on how much alage you have. I have heard 1 per gallon, but that seem like a good start.
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06/15/2021, 04:00 PM
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I usually go with about 10 to 20 in a hundred gallon tank. But if you have too many, just trade them back to your lfs for, oh, fish food or whatever.
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Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%. |
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06/17/2021, 02:10 PM
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4 Scarlet hermit crabs.
keep track of your friends.
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06/20/2021, 01:09 PM
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I'll only have the scarlet reef hermits in my systems. I currently have 1. It's someplace around 25 years old I think. At least I got it before I got married in 2001. The others all tend to be a little too opportunistic when it comes to feeding time.
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