HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Thanks! Not many corals right now. Just frogspawn, hammer, birdsnests, acans and assorted zoas.

I just caught my biggest guy killing a snail guess he was hungry.

--Adeeb

It's funny, coming from a reefing standpoint, hermits are just considered CUC(cleanup crew). They're just used to eat algae, excess food, detritus. Often, they are even pests. Not every reefer pays much attention to them, but I think they're pretty cool do I thought I'd share mine! Here's my oldest ...

Love your tank setup, you did a good job :) Your species seems to be Uca minax, found along the eastern shore down to Florida. You can tell because they will have red coloration at the joints on their claw.They are fine at temps from 70-80F, so that's probably not what killed some of yours. I've bee...