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Old 03-05-2008, 11:29 AM
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How aggressive are these hermits in comparison to the Blue Legged variety? I have a number of blue legs in my 55 gallon and two red legs. This morning I noticed that one of the red legs was now housed in a shell that one of my blue legs used to occupy. I assume that the red leg killed the blue leg for his shell. I was just wondering if this will be a common occurance for the red legs.
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Old 03-05-2008, 11:26 PM
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i think any hermit will kill another for its shell.. once they need a new shell they need a new shell hehe.. just keep alot of empty shells around
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I had a few that were very aggressive. They kept killing things so i had to get rid of them. I only wanted a tank for a long horned cow fish and i waited and waited and clutivated and finally i got one and over the first night the stupid red legged hermit killed him thats whyi gave up and now am starting all over
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