breeding blue leg hermits.

Is it true that you can bread blue leg hermits by having a tank with fine sand and lots of shells ?

If so how would i go about doing this ?

 

I don't know. I'm sure there's almost no profit though.

 

I did clowns before and they paid for all my live rock and a few corals but this would be more for fun and to have more crabs in my reef.

I think i got to much as it is tho 50-60 of them lol but i over feed so its ok + they make the rock work look more interesting.

 

I doubt it. Most crabs don't lend themselves to being easily bred in captivity because they stay in a plankton stage very long.

 

In other words, running a skimmer and having other inhabitants are both bad ideas if you plan on breeding crabs.

 

Some info:
HermitReproFAQs

Video of a hermit crab spawning:
YouTube - Hermit Crab Spawning

 

thanks guys