Blue Legged Hermit
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.
Blue legged hermit. 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. The electric blue hermit. Their legs are colored in brilliant blue orange and black.
This item will ship to united states but the seller has not specified shipping options. The blue leg hermit crab clibanarius tricolor is a small marine invertebrate heavily exploited by the ornamental pet industry. Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
The blue leg hermit crab clibanarius tricolor features characteristic blue legs poking out of their shell. They are excellent scavengers and tank cleaners that can help control algae and detritus and aerate sandy substrate. 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 are excellent scavengers and tank cleaners that can help control algae and detritus and aerate sandy substrate. The blueleg hermit crab is a very popular hermit crab that is very active in the home aquarium. There are a couple of reasons why i would advise the blue legged hermit crab for your nano reef compared to other species but the most important one is probably its size.
Crab blue legged hermit 12 00 minimum tank size. The blue leg hermit crab clibanarius tricolor features characteristic blue legs poking out of their shell. In the wild these crabs live together in the hundreds clinging to rocks and each other then search for food during low tides.
You can read more about blue leg hermits on our blog regarding how blue leg hermits are great in a cleanup crew. 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. It sifts and aerates the sand as well.
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.
