blue leg hermit crab

Hey guys, I'm new to thereeftank.com and Im not sure what I did to the last post. But yesterday night I noticed a hermit crab trying to change shells. There were what I think are eggs on the side of the hermit crab. They are brown coloured and I have a picture of them. If they are eggs how do I...

Just want to share this funny story So i was checking my tank for its inhabitats a little while ago when i saw a hermit without a shell, as i kept watching it, it soon found a bigger shell. As it jumped into it, a similar sized hermit grabbed it and pulled it out, after the 2 fought for about...

Which of these packages would you pick for a 90 gallon reef, showing zero nitrates for 2 weeks, DSB, 122 pounds live rock? http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/aquarium-fish-supplies.cfm?c=420+2732

Last night there was an explosion of this red/purple algae. It is long and stringy and is growing on the sand and rocks. Can some one tell me what it is and how do I get rid of it. I use only RO/DI water with 0 TDS. Thank-you very much. Joe 75 Gallon Tank 30 Gallon Sump Super Needle Wheeled...

:bigeek:I brought 2 turbos and 2 blue leg hermit crabs. Then a week later I brought the same combo again. Now this week I went to my tank when I woke up yesterday like many of us do, and there seems to be another little snail on my glass. I did a head count and I have still a total of 4 turbos...

FISH -Firefish -sailfin Blenny -Diamond watchmen goby -ocellaris clownfish CLEAN-UP CREW -5 turbo snails -3 blue leg hermit crabs -1 sea slug -scarlet cleaner shrimp ZOANTHIDS -eagle eye -green eyed -orange -blue -purple -yellow -neon color MUSHROOMS -blue -red -purple -bull'seye (anycolor)...

I got a blue leg hermit crab and when it walks next to my zoanthids the zoanthids close and don't open for like 30 min:shocked:.....Should i be worried:deadhorse:

i have two hippo tangs one my brother just gave me about a month ago the other i have had for a year or so...well my delema is the newset one is eating my waving hands already have lost a whole clump and shes working on the other one ...thing is shes just eating the hands off of them...

So this is my first tank and so far it has been a great experience. Specs are 66 Gal tank Aqua Eel 500 canister filter Skimmer 300 L per hour 2x power heads mozoo light 2x150w MH,4xT5 Chiller 45lb liverock 4in sand bed about 66lbs Critters 2x blue leg hermit crabs 4x skunk cleaner shrimp...

125g All-Glass tank DIY stand and hood Aquarium Life Support Trickle filter w/ sump and dual returns HOB siphon Protein Skimmer Retro Fit VHO 72" lighting 3 Sunon light cooling fans 150 lbs sand 225 lbs live rock (Mostly Fiji) 2 emperor bio wheel filters Livestock 1 Lawnmower blenny 2 green...

I have a 50 gallon tank and i am wondering if this to much for this size tank, i have a p. clownfish, a domino damsal, a sixline wrasse, a yellow tang, a blue hippo tang(the small size), a javanese damsal, two blue damsals, a bicolor damsal, a engineer goby, a condylactis anemone, a yellow and...

which coral would be the easiest to keep alive in a 2 or 3 gallon tank??? and what kind of light would it need??? thanks.

I am going to start a 10 gallon nano tank pretty soon and here is what the plan and stocking is so far: 10 Gallon Aqueon Aquarium 10 pounds Australian Gold Sand 10 pounds of LR Fluval Plus 1 Filter Marineland 50W Stealth Heater 20" PC light fixture 2 Purple Firefish 4 Emerald Crabs 1 Fire...

My biggest concern are the tangs. Yes? No? Maybe? I see a lot of people do it. However, a 90 gallon is still just a 4 foot tank. I would love to have a blue tang and Powder Blue Tang. I have: 1 Ocellaris Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) 3 Green Chromis (Chromis viridis) 1 Six Line Wrasse...

I've been reading through various threads and have gotten LOTS of great info! This is a fantastic online community, so I figured I'd post here. I'm looking to setup my first saltwater aquarium and have some ideas of what I want in it, but I've gotten so much contradictory information, I don't...

I just traded building a deck for a new reef tank. I got a all glass 90 gallon reef ready tank and stand. A t-5 8 bulb with moon lights. A ecosytem filter.

Hey all Well I havent been on here in a long time... I have recently moved and I had decided a while ago that I was goin to start and do corals as well as fish... And was just wondering what your thoughts on this are... This is not a set in stone thing... I am looking for the comments on them or...

Hi: I am new to the reef world and would like some help. I have 37 gallon freshwater tank with plants and fish. Now I would now like to start a reef tank. I have been trying to find startup info on the net but have found very little. Can you guys tell me "HOWTO" or at least point me to a good...

Equipment: 180 SPS Exclusive Reef, 55 Fuge/Prop tank, 20 H sump, ASD Calc Reactor, (1)Sequence 1000 closed loop 5,000 gph (2) Mag 36 closed loop 3,600 gph, 3 X 250 W MH Burning XM 10K's, 2 X 6' VHO Super Actenic, 1/2 hp Chiller. 255 gallon total system capacity. Fish: Purple Firefish, Regular...

If there's any group orders going in the near future for snails/crabs could someone PM me? I don't have access to the member forums any more so I can't really see when things are going on. Thanks.