Which Crab....

[tinydove]

Could someone please tell me which crab is better for a reef tank. A blue leg hermit or the scarlet hermit crab. Is one safer then the other?

 

[smoney]

All the crabs are the same, I have like three different types in my tank. I have a blue legged, redlegged, and a zebra hermit. the zebras are the best IMO. My blue legged one doesnt do anything, he stays in the same area. I would go with the scarlets.

 

[wax32]

They are all cool:
http://www.zooxanthellae.com
Clibanarius tricolor, "Blue Leg Hermit"
http://www.zooxanthellae.com
Calcinus elegans, "Electric Blue Hermit"
http://www.zooxanthellae.com
Clibanarius sp., Unidentified Hermit

Calcinus tibicen, "Orange Claw Hermit"

Clibanarius sp., "Mexican Red Tip Hermit"

Calcinus elegans, "Electric Orange Hermit"
(Hawaiian variant of Electric Blue)

Calcinus laevimanus, "Hawaiian Zebra Hermit"

Paguristes cadenati, "Scarlet Reef Hermit"

Unidentified Hermit
Albino Blood Sucking Spider from Mars???

 

[tinydove]

Thank you for your help.

 

[coachklm]

maybe it's a albino blue leg hermit.

 

[nereef]

blue legs will be cheaper, but smaller and more aggressive than red legs.

 

[richie1742]

Blue All The Way!!!

 

[wax32]

Originally Posted by coachKLM
maybe it's a albino blue leg hermit.

It sorta looks like that, but their right claws are VERY LONG.
I got four of them. I still haven't decided if I like them or not. They look a lot like albino blood sucking spiders from Mars. So they are sorta creepy!

 

[spartan78]

Hey Wax, do you have any trouble with the blue and orange leg hermits? Im thinking about adding some to my tank.

 

[wax32]

The Calcinus elegans? NOPE. They are great critters. They do boss smaller hermits around a little, but I have had no Hermicides.