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12-22-2004, 01:27 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Charlotte, NC,North_Carolina
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 |  Is my Hermit crab reef safe?
I have this little hermit crab (shell no bigger than 2 cm) in my micro tank. *He has blue legs with little specks of red or orange on the knuckles. *(Anybody know what kind he is?) I've been watching him peck at my live rock. *Is he cleaning it or eating the good stuff? * *He doesnt spend much time on the sand. *He likes to climb up high...my little king of the hill!
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10 gallon desktop tank w/ Emperor 280 biowheel. 6gal sump/fuge with macro alge crabs snails, etc...Coralife 96W 50/50, 10 lbs of live rock, DSB w/live sand and Aragonite. About 10 blue and red legged leg hermit crabs, 5 turbos, emerald crab, 1 blue damsel, a tank raised false percula clown, dwarf zebra lion, long tenticle anemone, a few green hammer corals and a 2green hairy mushrooms, green star polyp, red ring, green and orange zoanthids. | 
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12-22-2004, 02:07 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Charlotte, NC,North_Carolina
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| Re: Is my Hermit crab reef safe?
Oh, here's a pic of my little micro reef..... | |
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12-22-2004, 04:01 PM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lakeland, Fl
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| Re: Is my Hermit crab reef safe?
Karma for a nano reef  I don't have enough patience and I make too many mistakes. If your hermit is a little blue legged variety chances are he'll be just fine. I have about 50 of them and they're only interested in dead stuff or shrimp pellets, just scavengers mostly.
Good luck and that's a nice tank.
Jim
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90 Gallon glass, 135#'s of rock and 2" sand. 2-250w 20k XM metal halides. 2-95 watt actinic VHO, 4 powerheads, Coralife skimmer. Maroon Gold Striped Clown, Blue Chromis, Kole Tang, Pygmy Angel, Serpent Star, Brittle Star,Gorgonians, Mushrooms, Yellow Polyps, Turbo Snails & Blue Legged Hermits. 20 gal sump with Caulerpa, Mag 7 return pump. | |
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12-22-2004, 04:01 PM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: May 2004 Location: PhillySuburbs, Pennsylvania Age: 42
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| Re: Is my Hermit crab reef safe?
Sweet! Sounds like blue legged hermits....should be OK until they get larger...and even then, most are OK, but in a mini reef..I would keep and eye on him 
Mine mostly like to crawl over my green star polyps, which makes them go in for a while. But other than that...they are
fine.
They are also supposed to eat cyanobacteria...mine don't  _________  I Love My Sig By John Hawkins!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date Started 9/04 58 gallon Oceanic Tank, 20 gal DIY sump/fuge w/ Kent Marine Auto top-off, Air Water Ice RO/DI, 10,000 K 175 W MH, 2 VHO 03's 96W each, AquaC EV 120 Skimmer
80 lbs LR, DSB in FUGE, 1 - 2 " LS in tank
Black Brittle Star, Chevron Tang, Crocea Clam, red & green Lobophyllia, Frogspawn, Porites Frag, Caulastrea Frag, Green Ricordia, Asst. Zoas, hermits, astreas, stomatellas, fighting conch  | |
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12-22-2004, 04:02 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tampa, FL,Florida
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| Re: Is my Hermit crab reef safe?
oh, that's really nicelooking. Karma for you.
And I would say, your hermit is safe, sounds like a blue leg hermit to me.
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90 gal, 120 lbs sand, 90 pounds live rock (adding), 5 blue-green chromis&&&&10 gal, softies, one Ocellaris Clownfish, one clowngoby, one cbs and lots of rock && | |
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12-22-2004, 04:04 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tampa, FL,Florida
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| Re: Is my Hermit crab reef safe?
wow, that's three posts in one minute
And I was the slowest ... hmpf :/ | |
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12-22-2004, 04:08 PM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lakeland, Fl
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| Re: Is my Hermit crab reef safe?
Slow is good, Or so I've been told :
J | |
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12-22-2004, 04:09 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Charlotte, NC,North_Carolina
Posts: 36
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| Re: Is my Hermit crab reef safe?
Thanks for the Karma and the posts. I love this shizit! A great community here and I look forward to being one who can give advice rather that receive it!!!! | |
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12-24-2004, 01:51 AM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: May 2004 Location: PhillySuburbs, Pennsylvania Age: 42
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| Re: Is my Hermit crab reef safe?
You will get there!
Altho, there are always questions! | |
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12-24-2004, 03:37 AM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tynewydd, South Wales, Age: 28
Posts: 169
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| Re: Is my Hermit crab reef safe?
From the sounds of the crab it is likely to be a blue legged hermit (Clibanarius tricolor) which is a native of florida, which on the whole is reef safe!
You want to try my one out though! It is similar to the red reef hermit, but is brown. He does not damage things intentionally but will throw over things to see what is underneat. If its not tied down and all that!
But the good thing is you would need a microscope to find any algae (except for shaving brush type - he dont like that!) | |
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