anenome hermit crab, anyone have one?

[classklown90]

just saw this very cool combo. does anyone have one? how hard are they to care for?

 

[Bige]

is it a pom pom crab? They hold an anemone in eat claw and robb the anemone when they catch food. I have never had one. But might be hard to keep. Unless you target feed.

 

[iDream]

i think he means an actual nem with a nem crab, never had one but if you got one you'd have to make sure the nem got food instead of the crab eating it all

 

[classklown90]

they have them on live aquaria if you look. theyare hermit crabs that stick anemones on their backs for protection. i was wondering if their reef safe and 14 gallon compatable

 

[classklown90]

just looked up the pom pom crab, thi isnt what i meant but it looks very cool aswell! i read they are easy to care for and do well in nano reefs. any personal expierence with them from anyone?

 

[Bige]

I have no experience with pom poms or a hermit with a nem on it. I know pom poms tend to drop their nems. I dont know what happens after that. And a hermit with a nem, what if the nem leaves the shell? Those are my concerns.
I have had a nem crab and a nem lobster. They are also cool. They just hang out in the nem.

 

[classklown90]

I alos read that the pom poms dropping their nems usually only happens if the water quality levels are bad but thats just what ive read and even without the nems, i still like them so are they fish safe? and yea i saw the anemone crabs that live in them, they look really neat

 

[0o.Kelsey.o0]

I had two pom pom crabs and they use their little anemones to catch food. Only one of mine lasted for about 6 months maybe. I had to feed the tank cyclopeeze because i dont believe he was able to catch the larger pieces plus the other fish ate them up very quickly. He was very neat to watch though

 

[classklown90]

okay well i decided that when theyre avaiable at my lfs im definetly getting one or two . while were on the subject of crabs, does anyone know if my blue and red legged hermit crabs will eat a shrimp pellet? i bought these for my freshwater cory cats