Interesting find!

[Andrew7769]

well i was looking through species profiles on Dr.foster and smith's website and i found that i actually had something rare in my tank(according to the article)
(Calcinus elegans) Electric Blue Hermit Crab
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=420+1805+1673&pcatid=1673

i was curios if anyone else has seen this specific type around and if it is actually as rare as the website says.

here is the only halfway decent pic i could find of him, i will post a better one when i get my camera back tommorow

o and here is a bonus shot of a piece of LR i just got

 

[Reefscape]

Electric blue hermits are quite popular here in the UK, quite a few online retailers sell them...Should be treated in the same wasy as the other red and blue legged hermits....

 

[Almondsaz]

Let me know if it eats the cyano as the liveaquaria link says...that would be a good find.

 

[Catpicklesdog]

Pretty sure mine had the stripes like that, last time I saw them!

 

[Fishieness]

I haven't seen many for sale in stores here in the US, but they are at least semi-popular. And the stores can ALL get them, but just don't as often because they cost more.

 

[Andrew7769]

idk if he does or not, i have come home when my tank had those lovey diatoms on the sand and there was a clean path of white sand on a few occasions, i suppose it could be just a invert stirring it up though.