Blue Leg Hermits

Their legs are colored in brilliant blue orange and black. They will spend their time on the rocks and on the substrate of your aquarium with a preference for the rocks they are safe to add to most macroalgae planted tanks but will consume some fleshy algae like scroll algae halymenia and ulva. Hermit crabs are unique among higher crustaceans like shrimp crabs or crayfish because they generally utilize snail shells as portable shelters for protection because their body is soft and fragile.

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They are excellent scavengers and tank cleaners that can help control algae and detritus and aerate sandy substrate.

Blue leg hermits. The blue leg hermit crab. Easy drip acclimation is highly recommended temperament. They are scavengers and excellent algae eaters.

The blue leg hermit crab clibanarius tricolor is a small marine invertebrate heavily exploited by the ornamental pet industry. In the wild these crabs live together in the hundreds clinging to rocks and each other then search for food during low tides. The blue leg hermit crab clibanarius tricolor is good at removing hair algae and detritus and fair at removing some kinds of cyanobacteria and film algae from your tank.

They make a great combo for cleaning up your rockwork and they nibble away at your algae and clean things up nicely. Blue leg hermits packs blue leg hermits packs sku. It has been noted by several respected authors in the aquarium trade that clibanarius tricolor also eats cyano bacteria aka red slime algae aka blue green algae.

In case we don t have a lot of md to lg blue legs we will send a some extra blue legs along to make up for the smaller sizes. Our blue leg hermit crabs are a nice variety of sizes but we like to sell the larger ones that live in shells that are a 0 5 to 0 75 of an inch long. Unavailable per item refresh your clean up crew with our favorite algae loving scavengers.

The blue leg hermit crab has blue legs with red banding. Especially the dwarf variaty that doesn t get bigger than 1 inch but also the electric blue hermit with a maximum size of 2 inches. It sifts and aerates the sand as well.

The blueleg hermit crab is a very popular hermit crab that is very active in the home aquarium. The blue leg hermit crab clibanarius tricolor features characteristic blue legs poking out of their shell. The blue leg hermit crab clibanarius tricolor is a nice addition to any saltwater reef tank because it is extremely good detritus eater and will aid in the removal of excess food waste and algae from your home aquarium.

The bright color and active personality make this hermit crab a wonderful addition to an aquarium. Native to the caribbean the dwarf blue leg hermit crab is a great addition to a saltwater aquarium because it eats many kinds of algae including red slime algae cyanobacteria. If you re a loyal mister nano reef instagram follower and you re wondering what kind sheldon and herbie r i p is he is part of the electric blue hermit calcinus elegans family my favorites.

Blue leg hermit crabs clibanarius tricolor are the most popular algae grazing hermit that we sell. They are a bit bigger and have blue legs with black banding instead of red banding like the dwarf species.