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Crabs
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Crabs are a must
have cleaner for reef aquariums. They keep problems like hair
algae, bubble algae, and excess food (detritus) under control. |
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Red Scarlet
Reef Hermit Crabs
Scarlets are an important
component in any reef cleaning crew.
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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. |
REEF SAFE
$2.99 each
Quantity Discount Available:
12 - 24: $2.89
25 - 49: $2.79
50 - 99: $2.59
100 or More: $2.49
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Blue Leg Hermit
Crabs
Blue
Leg's take care of diatoms, hair algae, and red slime too!!
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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
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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. |
REEF SAFE
$8.99 each |
Green
Emerald Crabs
(Mithrax Sculptus)
Best defensive weapon
against Velonia, (green bubble algae)
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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 |
REEF SAFE
$7.99 each
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Horseshoe Crabs
Sand Stirer , Detritus
Eater
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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. |
REEF SAFE
$7.99 each |
Arrow Crabs
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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. |
REEF SAFE
$6.99 EACH |
Spotted Porcelain
Crabs
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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. |
REEF SAFE
$8.99 EACH
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Electric Blue
Hermit Crabs
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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. |
REEF SAFE
$12.99 each |
Hawaiian
Zebra Hermit Crab
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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. |
REEF SAFE
$1.99 each |
Amaze your friends!!
Anemone Carrying
Hermit Crabs
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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. |
REEF SAFE
$9.99 each |
Decorator Spider Crabs
These guys are
carrying sponge & Zooanthus polyps
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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. |
REEF SAFE
$6.99 EACH |
Anemone
Crabs
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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. |
REEF SAFE
$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" |
REEF SAFE
$29.99 each |
Sponge
Crabs
Great disguise
protects this friend
from the sea!
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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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