saltwater hermit sold as FW hermits

[ah_d3x]

have any of u guys visit any LFS recently?

i see tat there is this kind of big red hairy hermits for sale.. i believe its not a FW hermit...

or can anyone clarify?

[FuEl]

There are no freshwater hermits. Even land ones require seawater from time to time.

[Derek0925]

yap. agree with bro fuel.

Anyway, i went to a freshwater LFS who sell big red hermit crab....

I bought 2.....throw it into my sump tank with lots of live rock....they had been living happily ever since.

Now thinking of giving it away...cute but they dun look happy on my sump tank.

Any bro interested?

[arcanehacker]

hmm.. then why do we see so many FW FS selling those land hermits? .. best is they just tell customers that they just need little FW from time to time.

BTW are those the ones seen at CF? They usually have a tank full of them.. big red hairy kind.

[ah_d3x]

thankz bro fuel... so... they are no freshwater hermits which will conclude tat those hermits for sale cannot be kept for a long time?

[ah_d3x]

is this the big red hermit u talking about?

[ah_d3x]

btw i also saw FW Sargassum Fish for sale?

is there really freshwater scorpion fish?

[FuEl]

Land hermits can be kept but you will need to have experience with them. You will probably need to join a dedicated hermit crab forum to learn how to keep a land hermit alive more than just a few months. They are just as difficult as seahorses. As far as I know no one sells hermit crabs locally while also providing sufficient information to keep them alive in the long run. Wait till land hermits moult and you will get what I mean. Those hermits in the picture are strawberry hermit crabs native to Australia. Supposedly wild collection for the aquarium trade has been banned or probably very strictly regulated (for research, etc).

[ah_d3x]

thankz fuel... u must really have a big tummy to store so much information!