Hermit crab
This guy came out front and let me take his picture! There are 3 or 4 hermit crabs in my tank.
posted by kathy @ 10:01 AM
Monday, July 10, 2006
This guy came out front and let me take his picture! There are 3 or 4 hermit crabs in my tank.
This is my underwater garden! We have a 92 gallon bow-front corner tank set up as a saltwater marine reef system. Here are pictures of the tank and its occupants. Skippy likes this project because he LOVES to eat the dried seaweed (nori) that I feed the fishies.
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- Name: kathy
- Location: MA, United States
Skippy is a cute Portuguese water dog. I'm just the gardener who hangs out with him.
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2 Comments:
I love Hermit crabs! I have 4 very active land hermit crabs of my own. What species of hermit crab is in this picture?
I looked up my hermit crab in an on-line catalog for marine invertebrates that I sometimes order from https://www.petsolutions.com/. I didn't know much about my hermit crab, so I was glad you asked:
Red Leg Reef Hermit crabs, Clibanarius sp., are native to the Atlantic reefs found bordering the Americas. This crab is also known as a Dwarf Red and Equal-Handed Hermit Crab. Their diet is limited to algae and uneaten foods. This dietary preference makes it an ideal candidate for the reef aquarium as they will concentrate on eating filamentous algae and cyanobacteria. Hermit Crabs will spend their time climbing across Live Rock and the substrate in search of their next meal.
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