Crabs
Scarlet Reef Hermit Crab
Also known as the Red Reef or Red Legged Hermit Crab, the Scarlet Reef Hermit Crab is named for its bright red legs, which are contrasted by their yellow face. Native to the reef faces and coral rubble of the Caribbean and Western Atlantic, these active scavengers can consume large amounts of animal matter and algae.
Pom Pom Crab
The Pom Pom Crab is white to tan in coloration and has darker markings covering the body which serve as camouflage for the crab. This crab carries an anemone in each claw which it uses for defense. Besides defense, the crab will also use the anemones to mop up food off of the rocks and substrate. ...
Halloween Hermit Crab
The Halloween Hermit Crab, with its vibrant orange and red banding, stands out as a member of your aquarium cleanup crew. The Halloween Hermit Crab is a very useful aquarium cleaner that helps maintain a healthy aquarium environment by eating any left over food that may settle on the substrate....
Giant Hermit Crab
Crab is a very large and aggressive crab for large aquariums only. This type of crab can even catch small fish. Like its much smaller cousins, needs larger shells to move into as it grows. This crab is a predator and scavenger. This is not a reef safe crab and will certainly eat other invertebrates and small fish....
Emerald Crab
Omnivore. Care needs to be taken to ensure an ample supply of food is available for the Emerald Mithrax Crab. Many aquarists supplement the Emerald Mithrax Crab's diet with dried seaweed and chopped meaty foods, such as shrimp, as well as a quality pellet fish food....
Electric Blue Hermit Crab
The Electric Blue Leg Hermit Crab is a valuable addition to an aquarium because it will eat algae including green hair algae and cyanobacteria. In addition, it provides valuable aeration by sifting through the sand. This is one Hermit Crab that is reef-safe....
Orange Claw Hermit Crab
The left claw is larger than the right, and both claws are maroon to brown in color with bright orange edges. These crabs usually have red to maroon colored legs tipped with white or yellow and orange antennae and eyestalks....
Dwarf Red Tip Hermit Crab
In the home aquarium it does best in saltwater reef or fish-only systems with sandy substrates in which they can forage and dig. Its feeding methods also help aerate the sand bed and promote the growth of beneficial bacteria....
Dwarf Blue Leg Hermit Crab
The Dwarf Blue Leg Hermit Crab has blue legs with red bands. This tiny crab lives in abandoned snail shells, or it may attack and eat a small snail, then use the shell for its home. It is a valuable addition to an aquarium because it will eat algae including green hair algae....
Clinging Crab
Native to the reefs of the western atlantic coast this crab is nocturnal and hides in caves and amongst rubble during the day. In the home aquarium, this member of the Majidae family requires a well-established aquarium with plenty of rockwork and hiding places. ...
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