Hermit Crab 101:

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rattler739

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(Manucomplanus Varians)
Type of hard coral: SPS
Size: The Staghorn Hermit Crab grows to about 3 inches
Diet: Omnivore
Feeding: It likes to eat eats meaty bits of seafood, algae and detritus
Behavior: The is generally semi-aggressive towards tankmates
Care:Considered low-maintenance
Lighting: strong lighting
Water flow: The requires moderate water flow
General notes: Incredibly interesting addition to your tank. The shell is a piece of acropora or encrusting montipora which requires high lighting. The hermit will help eat hair algae. This animal needs room to move and will require more space than most hermit crabs. It is difficult to manuver around with the SPS shell.
Water parameters: Keep water quality high
Origin: The Staghorn Hermit Crab is collected from Sea of Cortez
 
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rattler739

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i am just curious if it could go in my biocube with stock lighting
(probably not unfortunatly
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wax32

wax32

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The coral on the shell would die. Not sure about the crab itself.
Nice ball in your avatar BTW.
 
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rattler739

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that sucks. ive been wanting one ever since i saw them (good thing i didnt buy one then)
Me and one of my friends are going to be breeding pastels probably this year $$$
and super pastels next year big $$$
 
wax32

wax32

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Nice! A ball will probably be my next snake. I currently have a breeding pair of corns and a 12 year old cal-king.

Copulating Cornsnakes
 
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rattler739

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were gettin off topic but whatever

my newest ball was a pastel with the color of a super pastel for only $385 the babies will be for $1000 or more
not her but looks just like her (super pastel pic but she is just a reg pastel
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rattler739

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Originally Posted by wax32
Clibanarius sp., Unidentified Hermit

This is another common Carribbean hermit, coming in mixed with blue legs. The ones I have owned seem to stay pretty small, growing a little larger than the blue legs. Typically reside in Cerithium and Astraea shells.
I can't seem to find a species name for it at all, only the genus. I think it is so boring that they haven't gotten around to officially describing it yet.
This is a VERY hardy species.
to get back on topic
i think that this one is a jade hermit, look it up in the inverts page on this site
 
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rattler739

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U should turn this into a hermit crab and regular crab page cause there are a bunch of different types of crabs out there and and i have read quite a few threads about peoples crabs and "what is this" and "are these ok" or just questions i know i had a hitcher crab and have know idea what it was and would like to find out.
think about it
 
jerthunter

jerthunter

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First, welcome back.
Second, I just picked up "Orange claw" hermit today, it looked nice and I cannot pass up an interesting looking hermit. So I am curious about the aggression you mentioned. I am assuming that is mostly to other hermits and snails and not fish and coral right?
 
wax32

wax32

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Originally Posted by Jerthunter
First, welcome back.
Second, I just picked up "Orange claw" hermit today, it looked nice and I cannot pass up an interesting looking hermit. So I am curious about the aggression you mentioned. I am assuming that is mostly to other hermits and snails and not fish and coral right?
Thanks.

You are correct sir. Mostly other hermits.
 
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rattler739

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I had 2 zebra reef hermit and 5 scarlet hermits and the zebra dont mess with snails or the scarlets but the bigger of the two killed (and i think ate) the smaller one, have you heard of this?
 
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