Hermit eating zoanthids

atnixon said:
time to get rid of the hermits if they are doing this.....bad bad hermits....naughty...
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You can't trust any crabs farther than you can throw them.
:grinyes:

But I always thought that zoanthids are all toxic, some more, some less, and only a few animals could actually eat them.

Maybe they only try to "clean up" the rock a little bit from those unsightly polyps.
:grinyes:
 
This sounds like the electric blue hermits, much more aggressive and gets much larger than the standard blue legs. Do a search on electric blue hermit and see if you can find a picture to compare to. The markings are different but you really have to look sometimes to tell.
Good Luck!
 
my sump isn't built yet, but i will figure something out. i would gladly give them away but i don't know anyone by me with a tank!
 
oh and they are the regular blue legs, not the electric blue ones as far as i can tell. i also have what i think are two hawaiian black leg hermits, but those haven't been spotted on the zoas.

i will try and grab a pic of my ruined frag after work today. they definitely were not cleaning it.
 
Grins said:
I'm sorry but the title of this thread makes me laugh each time I read it. I keep picturing vicious zoanthids eating a hermit crab.
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Now she said it.:perv: My sides hurt, Grins.:lipssealedsmilie:
 
oh yeah i guess it is a kind of misleading thread title. funny though! :)
 
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