hermit crab

Discussion in 'Inverts' started by Scuba, Dec 19, 2003.

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  1. Gresham

    Gresham Great Blue Whale

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    Thats not all of them and I left some off from some locals as I didn't have all the info for them to post. More to come later.
     
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  3. Craig Manoukian

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    Thanks Gresh! Are the ones listd readily available and should my LFS be able to order them?
     
  4. Scuba

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    Thanks Gresham, lots of good info there to use.
     
  5. Matt Rogers

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    HOLY SMOKES! :eek:

    Fantastic post Gresham, I'm gonna read that over and over again.

    This post gets a thumb tac! 8)


    (Scuba do a search, a few links here for image resize tools that you can download. I resized this one. ;) :) )
     
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    This post gets a thumb tac!  8)



    ditto on that!
     
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  9. Gresham

    Gresham Great Blue Whale

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    The S. Pacific varieties are becoming more readily available, but some will still have a hard time finding them. The Caribbean ones other then the commons, are fairly hard to find. We're starting to majorly import hermits from Bali, a few left claw type and a cousin of the blue leg. The Mexican ones aren't imported, other then then dwarf, which is ALL over the place. We'll resume shipping the other Mexican varieties most likely next month. Watch for some articles on Caulerpa eating Mexican hermits, they're in the works as we speak:) They consume most types of macro, but REALLY love the feather/bladed types and racemosa (bubblle or grape caulerpa). An excellent way to rid yourself of a caulerpa infestation in your main tank.
     
  10. Gresham

    Gresham Great Blue Whale

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    All right, lets bog this baby down with some pictures.

    This first picture is a Bali Left Claw hermit crab, Calcinus laevimanus .
     

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  11. Craig Manoukian

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    That's nice I printed your list and when I have some time will try to find pics to post. Do you want to assign me a homework list? Thanks Gresh!
     
  12. Gresham

    Gresham Great Blue Whale

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    Oh, you could do it one your spare time, thats cool :) I actually have most of them all ready, I just needed to reresize them for this site. They're all at 240-250k for other sites, doh!!