[maj]

what are the cons of having brittlestars in a reef tank?if ther are any?
iv got hermits,they way tooo slow to catch anythin...buggers hardly seem stable enough to walk properly,lol

[Baradhel]

Originally Posted by magman

I have lost 4 goldies to hermits in the last 5 months. A goldie sleeps in crevices between rocks, or when it lies down on rocks, the hermits ambush it in a group and one grabs the tail, and that is nine out of ten times curtains tin tin for the goldie. I saw goldies with sores on their tail, and thought it was from capture chemicals, to parameters. It was only until one day when I actually saw it happen. I had lots of hermits (local green legged) in my DT, about 2 months ago I dits (dumped in the sump) all the big ones, and have had one lone ranger of a goldie for two months since. I think I have also lost a baby regal tang to hermits, they may be slow, but I have seen they hunt in groups and are good at stalking. I used to blame pistol shrimps for the dead fish

Ouch. That sucks, but it's interesting behaviour. I have seen hermits trying to get fish, but never seen one succeed. I only keep really tiny hermits in my display anyway though since they walk on corals and eat my snails. Annoying little buggers.

[maj]

hectic,they actually a tactical team of killers,sorry to heat that magman.
ijust got 2 hermits,so hopefully they dont go on a killing spree

[Pistolshrimp]

My hermit once decided it like the tase of my brain coral, and was happyly nipping away at it until i removed it, now that my also be considered a bit strange. But as for the fish i havent really had a prob with them touching my fish, i keep small ones and as baradhel said they have the extremely annoying habit of walking on corals and all my snails are gone, i just see shells, except for a few big turbos , who i presume are too big for them to attack

[magman]

Originally Posted by Baradhel

Ouch. That sucks, but it's interesting behaviour. I have seen hermits trying to get fish, but never seen one succeed. I only keep really tiny hermits in my display anyway though since they walk on corals and eat my snails. Annoying little buggers.

When I watched them, they worked like a pride of lions or a pack of wild dogs, I must lots of respect to them, they are indeed clever little buggers.

Originally Posted by maj

hectic,they actually a tactical team of killers,sorry to heat that magman.
ijust got 2 hermits,so hopefully they dont go on a killing spree

I don't think everyone should get rid of their hermits on my account, lots of mine were about the size of a R5 coin, a bit smaller than a golf ball, and they are only doing what they do naturally. The remaining in the DT, are all small ones, smaller than a 5c coin, and since no problems.
I don't hermits though can catch any pods etc, for that they are too slow.

[geo]

Just think...if someone tries to eat you while you are sleeping..YOU WILL GET THE HELL UP AND SLAP THE %$#^ OUT OF THEM OR MAKE A BOLT AND GET OUTA THERE..Think it rarely happens and if it does happen that goby must be pretty tired or just stupid..

[maj]

must be lazy gobys or they just chowed tooo much

[lizardalpha]

Well think of it this way, if you are in a hole and someone comes in through that whole blocking the entrance can you get out? I dont know how strong a firegoby would be, but I assume if the crab is big enough the goby cant escape even if it wants to. It's un natural for anything to just lie there and be killed.