Halloween Hermit Crab

Hermit crabs need to live inside of a snail shell in order to keep their soft bodies safe. Even with many shells available hermit crabs will occasionally kill snails in order to take their shell. Please ask our staff and we will be happy to supply you with some empty shells.

This colorful crab from Hawaii is bright scarlet with orange bands. It grows to a medium size and needs shells with a narrow opening such as conch shells. It is well known to eat many types of algae including some hair algae. It is considered reef safe, however it is an opportunistic omnivore and will take food where it can find it. It will also eat detritus, fish food, and anything else edible.