Blue legged hermit crab

[IsaacCorlett01]

Hi I have a 10 gallon nanno reef tank with 2 clownfish.i was wondering what tipe of clean up crew I could get and Care also I would really like a blue legged hermit crab.

Ps how or do I need to provide shells


Any help would be great :uzi:

Thanks

 

[Maggie321]

If you do get a blue legged hermit, ask if you can have a few similarly sized shells for it. Some LFS will just give them to you.

My opinion is that 2 clowns is a bit much of a bioload for a 10g. I would plan on getting a larger tank sometime in the near future. Like less than 6 months. I say this not knowing how big your clowns are, but assuming they are small right now and knowing that they will grow.

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[humphreyhh]

About the tank size. If you don't get anything else in that 10 gallon tank. 10 gallon might get you by for quite some time (2-3 years). When your clownfishes reach their full size, you will want to get them into a bigger tank (for their happiness not survival), 16-20 gallon on the smaller side.

For the blue legs hermit crabs. You can get about 1-2 if you have amble space/rockwork and shells like someone mentioned already. Blue legs only get to less than 1 inches (very small). Any dead snail shells less than 1" would work for them. Just throw them in your tank. My blue leg changed shell quite often when I get him a handful. Some are very nice looking and I felt like I got a new hermit crab lol


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