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Dwarf Yellow Tip Hermit Crab (Clibanarius sp.)
Dwarf Yellow Tip Hermit Crab
Please Note: Due to variations within species, your item may not look identical to the image provided. Approximate size range may also vary between individual specimen.
Please Note: Due to variations within species, your item may not look identical to the image provided. Approximate size range may also vary between individual specimen.
Dwarf Yellow Tip Hermit Crab (Clibanarius sp.)
Additional locales and sizes may be available!
Additional locales and sizes may be available!

Quick Stats

Care Level Easy
Temperament Peaceful
Color Form Yellow
Diet Herbivore
Reef Compatible Yes
Water Conditions 72-78° F, dKH 8-12, pH 8.1-8.4, sg 1.023-1.025
Max. Size 1"
Family Diogenidae
Supplements Calcium, Magnesium, Iodine, Trace Elements
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Care Level Easy
Temperament Peaceful
Color Form Yellow
Diet Herbivore
Reef Compatible Yes
Water Conditions 72-78° F, dKH 8-12, pH 8.1-8.4, sg 1.023-1.025
Max. Size 1"
Family Diogenidae
Supplements Calcium, Magnesium, Iodine, Trace Elements
Compatibility View Chart
What do these Quick Stats mean? Click here for more information

Overview

The Dwarf Yellow Tip Hermit Crab is one of the more uniquely colored members of the Diogenidae family. The bright yellow bands on its green to black legs add a pop of color to this member of your aquarium's reef-safe cleanup crew. Like its Blue Leg and Red Tip cousins, the Dwarf Yellow Tip Hermit Crab is a voracious eater of nuisance algae and cyanobacteria. Plus, its small size allows it to forage and scavenge in the tightest of locations amongst live rock.

Native to the coastal waters surrounding Vietnam, the Dwarf Yellow Tip Hermit Crab has claws of equal size and lives in abandoned snail shells. As the Dwarf Yellow Tip Hermit Crab sifts through substrate in search of food, it helps clean and aerate aquarium substrate. This activity helps reduce substrate compaction and promotes beneficial bacteria growth and function. Ideally, the Dwarf Yellow Tip Hermit Crab should be kept in a well-established system with plenty of algae and live rock on which to graze.

To accommodate the growth of this small, reef-safe hermit crab, supply empty snail shells of various sizes and shapes. Also, feed dried seaweed if algae levels within your aquarium are insufficient. The Dwarf Yellow Tip Hermit Crab does best in established aquariums with a sand substrate in which it can forage and dig. Like other invertebrates, care needs to be taken with the use of medications, as well as during the acclimation process to prevent pH shock.

Approximate Purchase Size: 1/2" to 1"

Customer Testimonials

Doug B Potosi , MO
theses are a good little hermit crabs, i baught 35 for my 75 gallon reef and they do a good job eating hair algae and with in a week my rocks were clean of alage. good crabs for a reef tank. will order theses guys again.
Sherry K Hillsdale , WY
Beautiful little crabs. I have eight in my 110. Peaceful, good rock climbers, and they eat algae.
Dan W Twin Cities , MN
These Yellow Tip Hermit crabs are the first I've owned that actually went straight to work on hair algae. My 14 gallon Nano was spotless in less than 24 hours with only 6 or 7 of them! I would highly suggest keeping a few of these around at all times in any tank with Live Rock!
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