Blue Leg Hermit crabs Clibanarius tricolor are a hermit crab that lives in shallow water of the Caribbean Sea and is popular in the home aquarium trade. Used for its scavenging habits and varied diet it makes for a common staple for a balanced clean up crew in most aquariums. Its common names include blue-legged hermit crab, tricolor hermit crab, blueleg reef hermit crab, equal handed hermit crab and blueleg hermit crab.
Blue Leg Hermit Crab
[1] blueleg reef hermit crab, equal handed hermit crab and blueleg hermit crab.Native to the Caribbean, the dwarf blue leg hermit crab is a great addition to a saltwater aquarium because it eats many kinds of algae, including red slime algae (cyanobacteria). It sifts and aerates the sand as well. This tiny crab likes to live in abandoned snail shells, so it might be a threat to a snail in your tank unless you provide it with empty shells. Members of this crab's genus are sometimes called equal-handed hermit crabs because both claws are the same size.