blue legged hermit crab?

I've never drip acclimited a hermit crab. I float the bag for about 15 minutes, then add water from my tank every 5 minutes or so & watch their reaction as I do it. After about half an hour or 45 minutes, I put them in the tank. I've never had a hermit die from acclimation.

 

That's harsh!! :O

If it works for you then that is what counts I'm just perticular in my ways but learning on as I go.

 

Your hermit will be fine. I never drip mine either and have not lost one during acclimation. Iirc blue legs like most other hermit crabs are an intertidal species and are tolerant of changing parameters. The shrimp on the other hand definitely requires a drip.

please excuse wrong words, I posted this from my phone that auto "corrects."

 

ok so my hermit is doing good i sat and watched him and its fun to watch him i went to my lfs and got 2 nasarius snails to help clean up a bit. im going to get two more blue legged hermits tommorow and thursday i will add my two O clowns. and after a week a cleaner shrimp and hopefully all goes well thanks for all advice and i will drip my shrimp when i get it.

 

what size tank is this? 1 hermit and 2 snails aren't going to make much of a dent in anything but the smallest of tanks which would be too small for even one clown.

I would suggest going to reefcleaners.org and ordering your clean up crew there (although it might be a little cold where you are for shipping livestock right now). Blue legs are $.45

 

If this is a new tank, I recommend waiting before ordering a full crew, as there's probably not much in there for them to eat yet. Once you start seeing signs of algae forming, then do what Stepho said!

 

Blue legs are cool and fun to watch as they climb any and everything. Congrates o nthe new edition

 

its a thirty gallon tank i am adding 2 more hermits tomorrow and two clowns on thursday

 

so i got 2 more blue legged hermits. we call them the three stooges lol