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55semireef
06/08/2006, 04:26 PM
Are Electric Blue Hermit Crabs Reef Safe. Will they kill other smaller crabs or snails?

I am not talking about the Blue Dward Legged Hermit Crabs but the big Electric Blue Hermit Crab.

Here's a link of a picture...

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1479

On Drfoster and Smith's website it says they are reef safe but you never know.
hgbarwick
06/08/2006, 04:47 PM
yes I think they are reef safe.
ACBlinky
06/08/2006, 07:21 PM
They're reef safe IME. Mine is HUGE now, so he lives in the 65g which is predominantly FOWLR (there's some Xenia and GSP, but it's nowhere near a reef), but he's always been very well behaved around fish, corals and other inverts. The only thing he ever did 'wrong' was murder a turbo for its shell.

This is my EB, looks just like the picture in your link so I think we're talking about the same crab:
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a21/ACBlinky/Misc/hermit_shell.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a21/ACBlinky/Misc/EBhermit.jpg
55semireef
06/08/2006, 08:20 PM
YEah I got mine pretty big. The guy mistaked it for a Dwarf Blue Leg so I saved money!!!!

They are very pretty. Although I can't decide who looks better between the EB or the Scarlet LEgged Hermit.