hermit crab

As the title suggests, please me ID this Hermit. He doesn't seem to really climb rocks, but spends mostly all his time on the sand bed. Eats all kinds of Algae and sifts through the sand. I have tried to feed shrimp but he isn't interested in this. there is one picture of a star fish too. Don't...

Just got my Maxima clam shipment this morning from Savage Reefer.BTW, Amazing vender! After Temp acclimation and toothbrush scrap, I first put in on a marine block and adjust for placement, took a beautiful pic, but you can see the siphon is open, so I was thinking the clam is still going...

I just caught my Hermit crabs on top of my New Zoa frag this evening. Think they may have been eating it. The lights have just gone up and polyps has just closed. We all open earlier when the blues were on. Do they eat Zoas? I moved them but then one went straight back on it. Do I need to put...

I'm unsure whether this might actually be a white stripped hermit because unlike the pictures I came across the bands on its legs are actually a brown colour and the shell is not as dark. However despite that the crab now lives in a 3i conch shell it does not bother anything else apart from the...

What is this hermit crab? Is it reef safe? Any information is welcomed! Thank you!

Does anyone else's hermit crab do this? I have 11 in total, but there is only one who likes to find a nice position (full light, in the open) flip over, lay on his back, and just stare at the surface. He can do this for a long time before getting up, grazing a little, and then come back to the...

Red one

My corals were looking incredible for weeks now and I hadn’t seen any of the hermits in the tank bothering them aside from trampling my zoas while they roamed around...until today. I caught one of the blue legged hermit crabs literally in between the branches of my Garf Bonsai and it looked like...

I purchased a small Maxima Clam about 2 months ago and everything was going great, it was growing and had great color. I did my nightly dose of photo-plankton and went to bed. Woke up this morning and the hermit crab was inside the clam eating the remains! Has anyone had this happen before...

I have a Reefer 350 that has been running for about five to six months, with three fish, a mini angel, a royal gramma and a damsel fish. I have tried all sorts of invertebrates and they just won’t survive. Snails, coral, an anemone and cleaner shrimp. My only living invert is a tiny blue hermit...

Sorry if this has been posted already but I really need to know. My main question is are blue leg crabs safe to have around Maxima clams? ;Nailbiting Got a great deal on a couple maxima clams on a recent visit to California (1/3 of the price asked for in Las Vegas) I should have done my research...

In my sump I have a red mitrax crab and two hermit crabs (different areas). I was hand feeding them fresh scallop meat this morning and I noticed a big difference between the types. The mitrax acted like my hand was a predator and attacked and pinched me. Then moved off into another part of the...

Not sure if this is right spot to post but I have a 32 gallon biocube with 2 clown fish a long with some coral and inverts and I recently purchased a mandarin last Wednesday along with a bag of copepods came home today to a hermit crab eating my goby... did he die from something else and the...

Hey guys, how is it going? So I’ve had this 2 electric blue hermit crab on my tank for over a month, and there seems to be enough shells for both of them to swap to, but lately it seemed that they are hunting each other inside the tank. When I’m home I’m constantly having to move them we’re they...

Hi guys, I just wanted ask if you guys know of any reason why hermit crabs would all get lethargic at the same time? I have 6 in a 20 gallon tank, and the water parameters seems to be good, on of them was molting but all the others were supposed to be ok, but I the last day they all stay put...

Hi guys, I’ve got some hermit crabs and would like to know where is the best place to get some extra shells? Can I buy them online? Any suggestion? I got this from the LFS but the are too small:

hi guys, I've added live rock to my tank and now I see there are a bunch of small manjanos showing up. What is he best way to get rids of them? I've added hermit crabs, but they are not doing much? Should I add a peppermint shrimp? Will they help? Thanks

I picked up my clean up crew on Saturday and everyone seems to be doing fine. It I noticed TWO snails at the top of the tank in hermit crab shells. They are alive and indeed snails. I don't know what type of snails they are but was wondering if snails ever change shells. I have a picture of one...

One of my hermit crabs turned murderous (killed conspecifics and snails) and I'm thinking of moving her to the sump. My sump has no lighting - is this a problem? Does she need to be fed? Or do people banish bad guys to the sump to let them starve to death? I really like the hermit, she's got a...