Wednesday, November 24, 2010

My POTM contest contribution to BARS...


Blue  legged hermit crab. 
A "mostly" herbivorous addition to a reef tank popularly utilized to  help control excess algae growth. They are collected in the Caribbean and adjacent areas.  The "blue knuckle" hermit crab,  a larger, more expensive cousin hails from the pacific ocean. It costs more. Thus, I do not have one to photograph.

Retail cost?
Caribbean blue leg hermit..$.79..Pacific blue knuckle hermit crab...$10