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[bertie 83]

They do look funny wandering round picking at the gravel lol.

[*GSP*Fan*]

They do look funny wandering round picking at the gravel lol.

Lol. I've never even had hermits, of any kind. I expect them to be interesting to watch and hope GSP doesn't decided to make a meal of them, too soon anyway.

Just wanted more along the lines of fish I guess. Hard to imagine that 60 gallon with only one baby GSP.

[G S P Freak]

I have a couple hermits in my GSP tank and they do a great job at scavening. They are funny looking buggers, and my GSP ignores them for the most part right now (he nibbled at em when I first put em in, but gave up eventually... He's only about 1-1.5" long though) The hermits are usually pretty cheap, my LFS sells em for $1.99 ea. Interesting thing too is if you drip acclimate them, they do fine in brackish (mine are at 1.008-1.010). They've been thriving for a while now, but I suspect they'd do better at full SW, as mine have a habit of becoming decorations sometimes and don't move much. I've seen them move more often at night though, so idk if they're just nocturnal. P.S. - That baby GSP wont' be a baby forever =P, when it gets bigger, you'll realize that much tank isn't really big for it! They can become monsters of 6" long, about the size of a small nerf football lol.

[*GSP*Fan*]

I have a couple hermits in my GSP tank and they do a great job at scavening. They are funny looking buggers, and my GSP ignores them for the most part right now (he nibbled at em when I first put em in, but gave up eventually... He's only about 1-1.5" long though) The hermits are usually pretty cheap, my LFS sells em for $1.99 ea. Interesting thing too is if you drip acclimate them, they do fine in brackish (mine are at 1.008-1.010). They've been thriving for a while now, but I suspect they'd do better at full SW, as mine have a habit of becoming decorations sometimes and don't move much. I've seen them move more often at night though, so idk if they're just nocturnal. P.S. - That baby GSP wont' be a baby forever =P, when it gets bigger, you'll realize that much tank isn't really big for it! They can become monsters of 6" long, about the size of a small nerf football lol.

I thought they would be useful as far as scavenging and would be neat to watch as well. I also understand they may become a snack later on but figure they'll be safe for a good bit as far as size.

They are pretty cheap, only $1 at my LFS actually. I called and checked little while back. And they'll be in full marine as thats what I'm setting this tank up as, live rock and all.

Haha, I know and thats why I definitely won't do two GSPs in just a 60. But they don't seem to grow very fast so the tank will look rather empty until he/she does some growing.

[bertie 83]

You would be surprised as far as growth, most growing is done early on in their life. In a tank that size there is nothing to slow him so he should rocket to the 4-5" size. The last bit of growth takes years.

[sgtmyers88]

A LFS I know sells hermits at 69-89 cents or 10 bucks a dozen. Depending on the species. The brown legged species tends to be the cheapest while the blue legged seems to be the most expensive of the little almond sized hermits.

[*GSP*Fan*]

That makes sense as far as growth goes. There certainly won't be anything limiting his/her space for growth and I do know that growth slows down with age. I'm sure he/she will be 4-5 inches faster than I expect.


Still may try a clown or blenny after looking into it more. Was hoping for someone who's tried different tankmates and wanted to make sure I didn't overstock at least.


Wow. Thats pretty cheap for hermits. I was surprised they were only a dollar at my LFS but obviously cheaper where you're at. I have to say I didn't even ask about the species so they're may be some fluctuations in price unless they only carry one species or something.