looking for blue/red legged hermit crab

[fadlin]

anyone know which LFS hv these? been looking ard for these cleaning crew

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[RayL]

Last week ah beng have it. Usually Ng couple would have some.

But be warned that they are non reef safe.

[Guest]

They are reef safe...

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[RayL]

Ime I only believe a reef safe crab is a dead crab.

[tofubox]

They are Reef safe.... And not all crabs are bad. I have plenty in my tank. As long they don't disturb my corals. I leave them there. They actually benefit the corals.

[asg]

depends on how we define reef safe ah. I have two electric blue hermit crabs. They are coral safe except the time they knock down un-glue corals...

but they will really kill snail for their shells....

[Whiskie]

Ime I only believe a reef safe crab is a dead crab.

Pom Pom crabs and anemone crabs are both reef safe for my tank.

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[RayL]

Well i meant the red and blue legged hermit crabs. Had bad and unforgettable experience with them. Will never try again lol

[asg]

Well i meant the red and blue legged hermit crabs. Had bad and unforgettable experience with them. Will never try again lol

urgh.... bro can share your experience? I have two of them now...

[RayL]

urgh.... bro can share your experience? I have two of them now...

Bro long story short,

Crab started out like an angel. Eats leftover, sift and clean sand.

Then starts to knock down corals, and the last straw was when my tank crashed when it decides to snipe off my xenias' stems and munching on them.

Although i never knew whether was it because xenia was dying? Heads was open and pulsing. Anyway, I never dare to try again.

[starocean91]

Had a very bad experience with hermit too. Had a red scarlet hermit. 2 heads of my torch were infected with brown jelly and this fella just took them out even to the tentacles that look stressed. Heng I managed to recover my torch. It is still healthy.. just that a bit "botak" only.

From my understanding, they are still carnivores & scavengers; so I have to say it depends on luck whether they are reef safe. Imho, they are not 100% reef safe.

[fadlin]

Thanks bro for sharing ur experiences. Am actually looking for a cleaning crew that will scavenge the leftovers our uneaten foods.

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[tofubox]

Agreed. Hermit crabs in particular will help with scavenging. But once there is lack of food source or they had a taste of something better, than they may choose to go for corals. It's not surprising, as with any other scavengers.... Personally, I don't keep hermits in my tank as I prefer using snails over hermits. My shrimps are actually the ones that assist with the clean up of left over stuff on the sandbed. I don't feed my shrimps, so they do a good job scavenging.

[fadlin]

Agreed. Hermit crabs in particular will help with scavenging. But once there is lack of food source or they had a taste of something better, than they may choose to go for corals. It's not surprising, as with any other scavengers.... Personally, I don't keep hermits in my tank as I prefer using snails over hermits. My shrimps are actually the ones that assist with the clean up of left over stuff on the sandbed. I don't feed my shrimps, so they do a good job scavenging.

thanks bro. in fact, at the moment, i hv 3 turbo snails and 3 doc shrimp.. think i need to add more snails. not enuff for my 4x2x2 tank

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[RayL]

thanks bro. in fact, at the moment, i hv 3 turbo snails and 3 doc shrimp.. think i need to add more snails. not enuff for my 4x2x2 tank

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Bro if you have snails, dont get hermit crabs. Crabs will dig out those snails for their shells.

Cleaning crew can get diamond goby to clean sand and get the super tongan nassarius snail for cleaning up leftover food. In fact these snails are so effective that I couldnt find the corpse of a couple of fishes even after removing all the rocks. It just vanished overnight.