But back once again to the Staghorn hermit – talking about ”supposed” as some thing between a great detritivore and you will good herbivore

The others are going to be great. Your own prominent question could well be keeping this new coral hat match, and you may coincidentally it’s just not indeed a keen Acroporid Staghorn, but significantly more Hydrozoan otherwise Bryozoan in general – way less requiring from severe lights. I would merely keep your own normal eating program and all often be good. It seems like a little crawfish on step one/two to three/4 inch-long, it’s a white grayish colour that have a lot of time whiskers and you will claws about the same proportions while the my personal North american country yellow leg hermits, they are the exact same colour while the human body with reddish on the the guidelines of the claws.

Privately, I do not most trust crabs of any type, but these seem to be pretty reef amicable

They are fascinating to watch when i is also determine which opening he or she is of the, he is always rebuilding the fresh hills in front of their exits, always everything you see is an occasional claw otherwise whisker and you may a good amount of little bits of gravel are piled up in front of holes he could be generated. One idea exactly what this interested nothing animal is, or what It is care requires and you can reef being compatible was? Feels like don’t worry about it for now.

Hermit crab with anemones Hi Folks – fantastic site, I’ve been loitering around here for a couple of months digesting all the info I can – now I have a couple of questions I hope you can help me with. I have a huge hermit crab (around 2′” long) with two anemones on his shell. I have two questions. what type of anemones are these likely to be? They seem extremely hardy – getting buried in sand, squashed between the shell and the aquarium glass, and scraped along the rock whenever the crab crawls into one of the caves. I’ve had this combo for 3 months now, and the anemones are looking very healthy and growing at a pretty fast rate. Second question – my crab has changed shells 3 or 4 times since I’ve had him, and he always takes the anemones with him, I’ve never seen this happen but I’d love to know how this occurs. Does the crab move them over to the new shell, or does he just sit there and wait for them to move themselves? Any answers or more information on this curious combination would be greatly appreciated.

This fascinating varieties is actually renown to own adorning its layer which have way of life anemones (specific with Calliactis varieties)

Coral hermit I just bought a Staghorn hermit crab. not sure just what to call him. <> He mostly just sits about the tank watching the world go by. I would like to know if I am supposed to provide future homes for him. is he nocturnal? <> (He sits in the cave that belongs to the shrimp. it takes up about 1/4 of my 60 gal.) I have great water quality, and nothing that would bother him as all other hermits are smaller, and the fish are ”peaceful” and small. Any other info on care and behavior would be great, as I noticed this crab is missing in your articles. <> thanks a lot <>