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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
Scarlet crabs
love to eat hair algae too!!!
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Distinguished from it's cousins, by it's unusual yellow face
and the scarlet color of the body. Scarlets are an important
component in any reef cleaning crew.
The benefits of having Red Scarlet Reef Hermit
Crabs :
WILL NOT: Harm or bother soft
or hard corals, gorgonians or feather dusters
WILL NOT: Kill or eat snails
WILL NOT: Eat coraline algae.
WILL: Eat red slime, green, brown,
and hair algae
WILL: Feed on detritus and diatoms.
WILL: Stir red slime, for filter
removal
REEF SAFE
$3.00 each |
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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 Legs
are a great value for all forms of algae problems. It is 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. It is one of the Hermit
Crabs that is reef-safe. Totally Reef Safe, they are about 1/2"
and are a great scavenger, cleaning up both your sand
bed, rocks and all those hard to get at places. |
REEF
SAFE
$1.25 each |
Sally
Lightfoot Crabs
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The Sally Lightfoot
Crab, also known as the Nimble Spray, Short, or Urchin Crab.
It has a brown body, with orange to yellow rings on the legs.
It is very flat, which allows it to hide in small crevices within
rock work. It prefers an aquarium with large amounts of rock
work where it can hide and scavenge for detritus and old food.
It will also eat algae. If insufficient algae is present, its
diet may need to be supplemented with dried seaweed. Meaty items
should also be offered. |
REEF SAFE
$7.99 each |
Green
Emerald Crabs
(Mithrax Sculptus)
Natures best defensive
weapon against Velonia,
(bubble algae) and Hair algae.
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Emeralds love both
bubble and hair algae and are completely reef safe. (i.e., they
won't harm any corals or polyps). Size: about 1". Constantly
active & well mannered in the tank, they coexist well with
hermits, as well as the various types of algae-eating snails. |
REEF SAFE
$6.99 each
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Horseshoe Crabs
Sand Stirer , Detritus
Eater
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A terrific addition
to a saltwater aquarium to keep the sand bed stirred up. The
Horseshoe Crabs dig through sand and gravel in search of any
organic debris. It will move the substrate around almost nonstop
in its search for food. Eats all the garbage left behind in the
sand. This in turn helps keep nitrate levels in your water at
a lower level. |
REEF SAFE
$5.99 each |
Arrow Crabs
These guys are
carrying sponge & Zooanthus polyps
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With Long legs and
an arrow shaped head, arrow crabs are very useful for the control
of bristle worms.They also help consume left over fish food and
detritus in the aquarium. Considered reef safe with caution,
they have been know to pick at feathur dusters. Recommend 1 per
50 gallons. |
REEF SAFE
$4.99 EACH |
Porcelain Crabs
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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
$6.99 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
$8.99 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
5 for 9.00 |
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 Crabs
These guys are
carrying sponge & Zooanthus polyps
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Besides cleaning
your substrate and live rock of old food and detritus, your decorator
crab will adorn himself with whatever they find. It's hilarious
to watch what they'll put on their back!!! |
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
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Want something different in your
Reef or Saltwater Aquarium? These guys are wild and they do a
great cleaning job in your sand. They form this incredible shell
that looks like a piece of acropora. Found only in the Sea of
Cortez, we have a very limited supply. |
REEF SAFE
$29.99 each |
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