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Blue Leg Hermit Crab
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Blue Leg Hermit Crabs are prized in reef aquariums for their scavenging and algae-eating abilities. Their size allows them to devour algae from the smallest nooks. If algae becomes short in supply, these crabs are quick...
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Good little algae eater
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These are pretty easy to handle. They are very small so don't pose a threat to fish or other animals nearly as much. Probably couldn't even kill a snail if they wanted to. I don't know.
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| Liked about it |
Small enough to get into cleaning places other critters can't. Nice blue striped leggs. very inexpensive.
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| Didn't like |
Nothing much. They are a bit reclusive and hide alot during the day so you don't see them much it seems.
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4.5 |
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4.0 |
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5.0 |
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Blue leg's
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Don't let the small size of the Blue leg hermit crab fool you, they are voracious eaters of nuisance algae. The are extreamly active and can be agressive towards one and another as they are alway looking for a larger shell to call home.
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Cost, Activeness
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| Didn't like |
Aggressiveness
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4.5 |
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4.0 |
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5.0 |
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Small but efficient.
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The blue legged hermit is pretty much just a cute little decoration, it feeds itself. It's extremely aggressive towards snails with shells their sizes. And they outgrew their shells very fast which caused them to terrorize more snails... Although you never see them all at once, you can always find a few just scootin' around. I would not recommend mixing snails and hermit crabs.
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| Liked about it |
Small.
Colorful.
Handy.
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| Didn't like |
Killed snails.
Grew too fast.
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3.0 |
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4.0 |
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2.0 |
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Great for a clean-up crew, but can be destructive
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Blue Leg hermits are great for consuming detritus and picking at the aquascaping and keeping it clean in a reef tank. However, they do tend to outgrow shells quickly and go on the hunt for new shells. As a result, they will often attack and kill snails or other hermits to get a new shell. Be sure to give them plenty of empty shells to help reduce this behavior. Also, they can and will crawl all over corals; mine love to climb up on sps and bother them.
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| Liked about it |
Easy to care for.
Good for helping keep a tank clean and tidy.
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| Didn't like |
Will kill anything with a suitable shell as they grow and move to new shells--be prepared with lots of empty shells of various sizes.
Climb on everything, not just the rock. May bother corals, especially if you keep lots of them. (I only keep roughly ten of them in my 75gal)
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3.5 |
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3.0 |
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4.0 |
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Cute little things
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Easy to care for and have not been aggressive for me. Grow pretty slow and pretty active. They just eat what is left over from the fish and on the live rock
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| Liked about it |
Very small so can get into small nooks and crannies and are colorful.
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| Didn't like |
nothing
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5.0 |
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5.0 |
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5.0 |
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Thoughts on Blue Leg Hermits
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Great little scavenger, they stay in packs in my reef.
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| Liked about it |
They are cheap, and non agressive hermits. The will scavenger around reef but never short of engery.
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No complaints.
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5.0 |
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5.0 |
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5.0 |
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Great cleaners...
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Great cleaners, but they are aggressive towards other hermits. |
| Liked about it |
Good cleaners, fun to watch, low maintenance.
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| Didn't like |
Aggressive towards other hermits.
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3.5 |
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4.0 |
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3.0 |
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A great Ditruvour
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I have a few hundred of these little guys in my 125. They do an excellent job keeping everything clean. |
| Liked about it |
Cheap.
Great cleaners
Fun to watch
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| Didn't like |
They will our grow their shell and will hijack other crabs and snails for their shell.
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5.0 |
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5.0 |
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5.0 |
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Active and Useful
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They are Cheap and Great at cleaning up |
| Liked about it |
They will eat almost anything and are very active
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| Didn't like |
Can mess with my smaller coral frags and push them around. Unlike snails you have to provide new homes every now and then
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4.5 |
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5.0 |
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4.0 |
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Clean up crew member
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A good clean up crew member. will finish off meaty foods that the fish miss. i've even seen them clean up dead crabs, and snails. since they'r so cheap it's easy to get them as a starter memebr of your clean up crew |
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small size, active day or night, inexpensive
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5.0 |
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5.0 |
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5.0 |
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A must have!
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I lvoe these little guys I sit and watch them sometimes for hours. they are for sure a must have. They also keep your tank nice and clean. I can never have enough of them. |
| Liked about it |
How clean they keep things
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| Didn't like |
they walk all over my corals
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5.0 |
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5.0 |
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5.0 |
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hermit crab
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A most have in the saltwater tanks. They catch anything thats not being eatin plus more |
| Liked about it |
Great cleaners give the tanks some background life.
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| Didn't like |
Will grow until need new shell or will take a shell from snail
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5.0 |
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5.0 |
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5.0 |
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a quiet member of the CUC
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I like to keep a well stocked clean up crew in my reef tank. These hermits are a big player. I have not had any problems Blue Leg hermits. I cant say that for all of my hermits, like Mexican Red Legs, but these guys seem OK. |
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good cleaners
always working
add movement to the tank floor
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5.0 |
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5.0 |
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5.0 |
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good little cleaners
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i think there a must for a clean up crew. |
| Liked about it |
there very cool looking and do a good job of cleaning up the place
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| Didn't like |
nothing
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5.0 |
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5.0 |
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5.0 |
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always a gamble
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interesting but capable of killing snails. Its not will a crab eat something its can it. |
| Liked about it |
hermit crabs are an interesting inhabitant and will quickly devour any excess food or critters that pass on.
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| Didn't like |
They will also eat weakened or sick critters. They will kill and eat snails from time to time. If they have shells to choose from and are well fed it lessens the chances but never eliminates the chance of snailicide.
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3.5 |
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3.0 |
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4.0 |
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