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Blue-leg Hermit Crab

Blue-leg Hermit Crab

🦀💙 Blue-Leg Hermit Crab Available for Adoption! 💙🦀

 

Looking to add a colorful, active cleanup crew member to your saltwater tank? Meet our Blue-Leg Hermit Crab—a tiny but mighty marine scavenger ready to keep your aquarium sparkling clean! 🌊✨

 

🔍 Blue-Leg Hermit Crab Quick Care Info (Clibanarius tricolor):
📏 Size: Up to 1 inch
📅 Lifespan: 2–4 years (longer with excellent water quality)
💤 Temperament: Peaceful scavenger, great for reef and community tanks

🏠 Tank Size: Minimum 10 gallons (larger preferred)
🌡️ Water Temp: 72–82°F
⚖️ Salinity: 1.020–1.025
💧 pH: 8.0–8.4
🌊 Water Type: Marine / saltwater only

🍽️ Diet: Omnivore
– Algae, leftover fish food, detritus, and biofilm
– Supplement occasionally with dried seaweed, pellets, or sinking wafers

🏝️ Habitat Setup:
– Provide plenty of empty shells of varying sizes for growth
– Rockwork and live sand for foraging
– Strong filtration and good water flow to maintain pristine conditions

 

💡 Care Tips:
– Ideal member of a reef cleanup crew
– Peaceful but may fight over shells—keep extras available
– Works well with snails, shrimp, and peaceful reef fish

 

The Blue-Leg Hermit Crab is small, hardy, and endlessly entertaining—watch it busily scuttle across your rocks and sand, doing its part to keep your tank healthy and balanced. 💙🌊

 

💵 Adoption Fee: Applies per hermit crab

 

📲 Apply today to bring home your new reef helper:
👉 https://www.jraar.org/adoption

 

And remember—Facebook supporters get early access to adoptable animals for just $0.99/month!
👉 https://www.facebook.com/becomesupporter/JRAquaticAnimalRescue/

 

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