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Unread 08/22/2017, 01:28 PM   #1
sh4rkbyt3
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Are hermit crabs a good alternative?

When cleaning up my tanks most of the issue is with algae not so much detritus material. I know there's some but my question is is it worth the trade off to have snails AND hermit crabs when it seems eventually the hermit crabs turn many snails into a meal?

I guess if I overfed it would keep everyone in the tank happy but then water quality suffers.

This become an issue in every tank I've ever had and it gets tiresome to keep buying snails.

Even in my 90 gal it was still an issue so to eleviate it I got rid of the crabs and occasionally ran a diatom filter along with tank vacuuming. I'm at the point of swearing off hermits again after finding 2-3 empty snails shells with the hermits hovering over them to pick out the last scraps.


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