What Hermits To add?

[Chris5]

Been debating on which hermits to add to my clean up crew...

Red Legged/Scarlet
Blue Legged
White Dwarf

What is the real difference between the three? Looking for a great algae eater of all kinds....

 

[House of Laughter]

they are all opportunistic predators, but the scarlets are less likely to eat your snails - blue leg will eat thier mothers and no clue about the whites - hawaiin zebra's are kewl too, but pricey - same with scarlets.

House

 

[Chris5]

Ive heard that the White Dwarfs live longer than the scarlets thats why I asked, never really heard much about them either until I searched around...Is one better for hair algae, cyano etc.. than others or are they all the same in that aspect ...(just curious)...

 

[meschaefer]

I have had scarlets and blue legs and neither was interested in hair algae nor cyano (Cyano is a bacteria, and rarely a treat for anything)

I won't put anymore hermits in my tank, only snails.

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

My personal experiences tell me that blue ones are evil even if you have extra shells for them. Red ones seems Ok as long as you get extra shells of various sizes for them. Sometimes the gardening section of HD has the shells.

 

[meschaefer]

My personal experiences tell me that blue ones are evil even if you have extra shells for them. Red ones seems Ok as long as you get extra shells of various sizes for them. Sometimes the gardening section of HD has the shells.

If we are insisting on the need for these little weed whackers, then I would go with the scarlet. The blue ones are evil.

 

[deelucky]

i like zebras i have 4 and about six blues and i never had any problems.sometimes my zebras will bully my blues.the thing is i never see them doing nothing but sitting in holes in the rocks.