hungry hermits??

[yamahaguy06]

well, you all know that I only have a clean up crew in my tank wich consist of aboutr 8-blue leg herm. 5-red leg and a pyrimid snail. It has been a while sence I had put food in there and I just put a little in and they started racing around like mad hermits, they still are, does this meen there real hungry.

nother question with my water flow, how does the food settle for a little hermit to east it.??? thanks

 

[yamahaguy06]

there going crazy need help. how do I take care of these guys????????????????????????

 

[SALTY WATERS]

How much LR do you have? It wouldn't hurt to put some food in every few days in small amounts.

 

[yamahaguy06]

I think a good amount.....

 

[OCCFan023]

yea man id feed em, I lost about 6 scarlet reef hermits when I stopped adding food (i onlty have about 15 pounds of live rock though. I lost em from lack of food so Id suggets feeding them

 

[yamahaguy06]

I dont think that they can get the food though??? with my water flow the food just gets thrown around and ?? i dont know does any one know how they get the food??? lol

 

[OCCFan023]

what kind of food are you putting in?

 

[yamahaguy06]

emrald entree, frozen food....

 

[KahluaZzZ]

my blue leg hermits likes Nori. Put some on the bottom..wait..then pick what's uneaten. No mess

 

[yamahaguy06]

my blue leg hermits likes Nori. Put some on the bottom..wait..then pick what's uneaten. No mess

whats Nori?? like a kind of food?

 

[1979camaro]

you could turn off the pumps for feeding so the food sinks

 

[KahluaZzZ]

Nori..it's the dried algae you put around sushis. You can buy this almost everywhere.
Last year someone in this forum told me that tangs love Nori..it was right..they go crazy
..and i noticed my hermits too.

 

[yamahaguy06]

ohh ok I have some, with a little clip. should I put it bye the rock or let it go??

 

[KahluaZzZ]

if you let it go, your skimmer/pumps etc could suck it in.

 

[Fballvera22]

Yamahaguy, my friend had a very bare tank and had a clean up crew. He went to the store and got some raw shrimp. He would shell it an put it in the tank in the morning and if it wasn't gone by that afternoon ( which didn't happen to often), he would take it out. just keep the rest in the freezer intill ready to use. It should sink to the bottom and the shrimp LOVE it.Hope that helps

 

[1979camaro]

i would use the clip as close to the rock as possible...crabs cant swim