hermit crabs at crescent beach

[reefnut]

i know colecting wild specimens is bad.But man there are millions.So my question is beside the obvious like water temp pollution and illnesse would there be a down side for these guys in my sytem.

[Beverly]

The crabs you are talking about would be cold water crabs and I don't think they'd be suitable for a tropical tank.

[Quinn]

Like a polar bear at the Mexico City Zoo...

[reefnut]

the thing is that i senn them in small pools at low tide around 3:45 this afternooon.the water had to of been pushing 80.so if they can survive 5 hours of this couldnt they adapt to the aquarium permanently.

[Aquattro]

They would not adapt. They can handle swings, but unless you want to drop your tank down to 50F every 12 hours, they would soon die. I know, I tried years ago.

And why is this in the Manitoba forum?

[Doug]

Originally Posted by reef_raf

And why is this in the Manitoba forum?

I was wondering that also. I thought perhaps Cresent beach was here somewhere.

[bluetang]

I see thousands of snails but never any hermits and I'm there almost every week. Were they in one small area?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Flatlander

I was wondering that also. I thought perhaps Cresent beach was here somewhere.

Moved to the reef forum...

[Arty Morty]

They will survive, but they will pick at anenomes and eat everything they can get.
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[Quinn]

Originally Posted by Arty Morty

They will survive...

What are you basing this on? Their metabolism is suited for cool/cold water.