Jesse Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Care Level: Easy Temperament: Peaceful Reef Compatible: Yes Water Conditions: 72-78° F, dKH 8-12, pH 8.1-8.4, sg 1.023-1.025 Color Form: Orange, Red Diet: Omnivore Supplements: Calcium, Magnesium, Iodine, Trace Elements Origin: Hawaii Family: Diogenidae overview The Halloween Hermit Crab, with its vibrant orange and red banding, stands out as a member of your aquarium cleanup crew. Originating from the Hawaiian Islands, the Halloween Hermit Crab boasts attractive color variegation and is a beautiful accent to the marine aquarium. The Halloween Hermit Crab is a very useful aquarium cleaner that helps maintain a healthy aquarium environment by eating any left over food that may settle on the substrate. Adding further value, the Halloween Hermit Crab is known to efficiently eat algae including green hair algae and cyanobacteria. It also provides a valuable service of aerating aquarium substrate by sifting through the sand. Be aware that as the Halloween Hermit Crab attains a large size, this lumbering scavenger may disrupt rockwork or corals in reef aquariums. The Halloween Hermit Crab lives in abandoned snail or triton shells and may resort to attacking and eating a snail so it can use the shell for its home. To prevent this from happening, provide the Halloween Hermit Crab empty shells of assorted shapes and size. If there is an insufficient amount of algae present, the Halloween Hermit Crab will need to be fed dried seaweed, as well as meaty items such as mysis shrimp. http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=497+501+1639&pcatid=1639 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley000 Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 It's cool! I've never talked to anyone who kept one in a tank I don't think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonvice Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 50 minutes ago, Muttley000 said: It's cool! I've never talked to anyone who kept one in a tank I don't think. I have one. It has been a nice little addition until it started eating my conchs the last two days. I think he wants a larger shell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley000 Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 1 minute ago, crimsonvice said: I have one. It has been a nice little addition until it started eating my conchs the last two days. I think he wants a larger shell. Well then I was wrong, didn't realize you had it in there. Tried feeding it algae sheets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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crimsonvice Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Yeah I just spot fed him today. Hopefully that will keep him satisfied for a bit. I have held back on my feedings since my nitrates are still so high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint526 Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 I had one for a long time, then my trigger got hungry...Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Posted April 14, 2017 Author Share Posted April 14, 2017 7 hours ago, Clint526 said: I had one for a long time, then my trigger got hungry... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Bad trigger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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