crabs?

Laura and Jim will be hosting the May meeting this Saturday the 12th and it will be the usual of food, drinks, raffle and fun.
 
Doors will be open at 6:00 pm for social talk and the meeting will start at 7:00.  Parking gets a little tight and the city says you can't park on 4th but there is a parking lot a block away.   Meeting is usually held in the backyard so feel free to bring your favorite lawn chair, weather permitting of course.

If you need address/directions, contact a club member.

Best if you park at Mini Mall (where the spaghetti establishment use to be)
 
You will get to see his new frag tank set up in the making.
 
Hope to see you there!

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What reef-safe crabs would you recommend for my 29 gallon? I'm thinking of some Sand Sifting Crabs and maybe some hermit crabs. 

[Nate C.]

Red leg hermits if you decide you want hermits...much less aggressive than the blue leg.

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Would Red Leg Reef Hermit Crabs eat uneaten food from the sand? I know that they are reef safe and they get to be 1". How many would I need? I think that 3 should be enough. They are really cheap, so I might try them.

Anyone know of a place where I can get them locally? Shipping  is too expensive for $0.69/crab.

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Do you measure hermit crabs by the length of the crab or the shell?

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saltwaterfish.com had 10 Jade hermit crabs for $12.99 with free shipping. It says that they get to be 3/4". I couldn't find too much information about them on the internet, but I haven't seen anything bad about them.


Here's the website:

http://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11_03/product_info.php?products_id=1914&parent_category=4&category_search=63&root_parent_id=4

[Nate C.]

Don't know about the Jade hermits, but the red legs will eat food from the sand and the rocks.  They are good scavengers.  Not sure on the measurement either.  But, they are somewhat limited by the size of the shells they have available to them.  If you don't have any big shells around, they stay in the smaller ones, and don't get as big.

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Today I got my crabs and a shrimp! I ordered 4 Red Leg Reef Hermit Crabs For my 29 gallon and a Coral Banded Shrimp for my mom's 27 gallon hexagon from Petsolutions. When I opened the box I found 5 hermit crabs, so they gave me an extra crab. 

[Rico]

I might be a bit late on this one. 

There is a difference between the Red Leg hermits and the Scarlet Hermits.  Typically the Red legs are Mexican Red leg hermits and while they are great for clean up crew, when they get large and hungry they are likely to go after your snails, just like the blue leg hermits do. 

The most poplular hermits that are good about leaving the snail alone are the Scarlet hermits.  The easy way to identify a Scarlet is that their eyes are on yellow stalks and they are a bright red color.  Typically they are about $2 each unless you buy a lot.

Rick