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Can they live together?

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Question
Hi,   
 I wanna know which animal can live together with hermit crabs and will they fight??   
                                          Thanks,
                                          Justin Chan

Answer
Dear Justin,
thank you for your question.
Unless your tank is huge (from 6 ft length and 3 ft height and width upward), I don't recommend keeping any other animals with hermit crabs or cohabitating animals at all. The animals will stress each other out, they might prey on each other and usually the conditions each species need are too different to provide in one tank. Only really big tanks can house microclimates where each species can find the conditions it needs.
I hope I was of some help to you
Jennifer