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Crabs
Crabs are a must have cleaner for reef aquariums. They keep problems like hair algae, bubble algae, and excess food (detritus) under control.

Red Scarlet Reef Hermit Crabs
Scarlets are an important component in any reef cleaning crew.

Scarlet Reef Hermits are excellent algae eaters and will spend all of their time foraging on the live rock and sand. They are a very popular choice for reef aquariums due to their excellent compatibility and strict algae/detritus diet. They have bright red bodies with yellow eyes. We recommend 1 per 5 gallons.

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$2.99 each
Quantity Discount Available:
12 - 24: $2.89
25 - 49: $2.79
50 - 99: $2.59
100 or More: $2.49

Blue Leg Hermit Crabs

Blue Leg's take care of diatoms, hair algae, and red slime too!!
Dwarf Blue Leg hermit crabs are one of the most popular scavengers in the aquarium trade. Known for their small size, beautiful colors and excellent reef combatibility, they are able to reach tight crevices and polish off the detritus and algae that bigger inverts cannot get to. They will scour the sand and live rock in search of food and leave the tank virtually nitrate-free. They make excellent tank cleaners and a great addition to your clean-up crew. They have bright blue striped legs with orange antennas.
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$1.29 each

 Sally Lightfoot Crabs


The Sally Lightfoot Crab, also known as the Nimble Spray, Short, or Urchin Crab. Sally Lightfoots are a reef-safe crab, very active algae eaters and enjoy feeding off of algae on rockwork. They spend most of the day picking algae from the live rock and are very fast movers. Their coloring ranges between oranges, yellows and browns and have yellow striped legs. They do well in groups.

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$8.99 each

 Green Emerald Crabs
(Mithrax Sculptus)

Best defensive weapon against Velonia, (green bubble algae)
Green Emerald Crabs are reef-safe algae eaters and an excellent addition to your cleaner crew. They are one of the few inverts that will eat nuisance bubble algae which makes them very popular among reef keepers. They have dull tipped claws that they use to pick various types of algae from the rockwork. They are wonderful crabs to observe with beautiful green bumpy bodies and brown hairy legs, a great crab for any reef! We rec'd 1 per 25 gallons

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$7.99 each

  Horseshoe Crabs

Sand Stirer , Detritus Eater
The Horseshoe Crab is very strange in appearance and can be unique captives for an aquarium. Very hardy , they can be a good choice for beginners. Horseshoe Crabs are bottom dwellers, and in the wild usually burrow in mud or sand flats in tidal areas or estuaries. In the aquarium, your Horseshoe Crab will generally do best in a sandy substrate. They are helpful in cleaning an aquarium or sifting sand. In the substrate, the Horseshoe Crab will move about, scavengiong detritus or other materials that have fallen to the bottom. Algae, smaller bivalves, worms, and bits of fish are the mainstays of a Horseshoe Crab's diet. To grow, the Horseshoe Crab sheds a layer of its carapace, or molts. This process is accomplished at longer and longer intervals as the Horseshoe Crab ages. In general, Horseshoe Crabs are not aggressive; they are scavengers, not hunters.

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$7.99 each

  Arrow Crabs

Arrow Crabs are excellent reef-safe scavengers, and have a spider-like appearance with long thin legs and an "arrow" shaped head. They will consume meaty foods, pellet and flake, as well as prey on bristle and flat worms which makes them highly sought after for nuisance worm control in the reef aquarium. Their brown and tan striped body is complimented by long purple-tipped claws, and are a very hardy crab. Only one should be kept per tank, although multiple arrow crabs can be kept in a larger tank with lots of rockwork.

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$6.99 EACH

Spotted Porcelain Crabs
The Spotted Porcelain Crab is an exquisite reef safe crab. They have long flat dull claws and a pair of maxillipeds which are used to catch plankton in the water column. They are also algae eaters and enjoy lots of live rock to graze and hide, and do well in groups. They are light blue in color and covered in small red spots, with orange-tipped legs; a very unique addition to the reef aquarium. Safely concealed by rocks or coral, they eat by sweeping feathery arms through the water like fine-meshed nets to capture diatoms and other drifting plants and animals. Peaceful toward other tankmates, they are totally reef-safe.  

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$8.99 EACH

Electric Blue Hermit Crabs
The Electric Blue Hermit Crab, a very rare find, is exclusively from the Marshall Islands. Electrifying neon blue legs with black banding, and its bright orange antennae show off their beauty. This tiny crab lives in abandoned shells. 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.  

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$12.99 each
 

 Hawaiian Zebra Hermit Crab
The crab will recoil into its shell for protection leaving only the left arm exposed covering the opening of the shell. This is why this crab is often called the Left Handed Hermit. Great scavengers and voracious grazers on algae and left over food. Reef and Seahorse safe.  


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$1.99 each

 Amaze your friends!!
Anemone Carrying
Hermit Crabs
They each have 2 or 3 beautiful anenomes on their back and they carry them around all the time. An old food and detritus eater, good for cleaning live rock and sand.  

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$9.99 each

 Decorator Spider Crabs

These guys are carrying sponge & Zooanthus polyps
Decorator crabs are another group of very unique crabs. They will attach clippings of macroalgae, sponges or soft coral polyps to their backs for camoflauge against predators. They do not destroy the corals or colonies they clip from, they simply remove a polyp from a colony and attach it to their back, keeping it alive in the process. Think of them as mobile frags! They are completely reef safe and will not harm any fish or inverts.

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$6.99 EACH

 Anemone Crabs
The Anemone crab is a small colorful crab, with a porcellain like shell. Like the clown fish, this crab has developed an immunity to anemone stings. This crab is usually found within the stinging cells of a number of anemone species where it uses it's claws to keep clown fish from stealing it's home.

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$7.99 each
 

Staghorn Hermit Crabs
Manucomplanus varians
Description:The Staghorn Hermit Crab, sometimes called the Antler Hermit, or Coralhouse Hermit Crab. Found along the reef faces and coral rubble zones throughout the Indo-Pacific, they are great scavengers, looking for both animal matter and algae to eat. The Staghorn Hermit Crab's branching shell resembles the branching SPS coral Acropora. Because of its shell, this crab may not be able to right itself if it were to fall on its back.
Recommended minimum tank size: 1 gallon or larger
Food and diet:The crab itself will graze on algae, and if there is an insufficient supply to eat, supplement the diet with offerings of dried seaweed.
Level of Care: Moderate
Reef Compatibility:Very good
Approximate Purchase Size: 3/4"-1-1/2"

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$29.99 each

 Sponge Crabs
Great disguise protects this friend
from the sea!
A good disguise can help you survive in the sea.The sponge crab holds a living sponge on top of its shell to keep hidden. The sponge crab hold onto sponges with their back legs, and are covered in small hairs. The diet of the Sponge Crab should include meaty foods such as chopped fish and clams, as well as frozen, flake, and freeze-dried foods.

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$10.99

 


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