Blue Leg 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 is one of our most popular hermit crabs. It is colorful, stays small, and eats a wide variety of algae including some hair algae. It is typically imported from Florida. It is considered reef safe, however it is an opportunistic omnivore and will take food where it can find it. It will also eat fish food, detritus and anything else edible.