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Red Skunk Cleaner Shrimp. The Red
Skunk Cleaner Shrimp is named for its single white
stripe running down the center of it's red back.
It is also known as the Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp,
and will remove parasites and dead tissue from the body,
gills and mouth of a fish. This valuable service
helps prevent disease and infection in fish. They
should not be kept with more aggressive fish species
such as Hawkfish, Lionfish and Triggers who may go after
them. They will eat nearly any meaty type of fish
food, however care must be taken to ensure that they are
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Red Fromia Starfish. One of the more
brilliant starfish, the Red Fromia Star is quite hardy
once acclimated. More than one individual may be
kept in aquariums larger than 80 gallons provided there
is plenty of live rock for them to graze on. The
Fromia Star will spend much of its time foraging the
reef for tiny micro-organisms and detritus to eat.
A stable pH and specific gravity level is necessary as
sudden changes in water parameters can cause bacterial
infections that may cause necrosis of its arms, or even
death. Although it is a scavenger you may
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Arrow Crab. The Arrow Crab is brown
in color with claws that are usually tipped in purple.
They have a small triangular shaped body with a pointed
head and long hinged legs. Their legs extend
straight to keep predators at bay. Arrow Crabs are
tremendous scavengers and are highly sought after for
their diet of Bristle Worms and Flat Worms. They
are very easy to care for, however only one should be
kept per tank and they should only be kept in larger
tanks. In the home aquarium they should be fed a
diet of worms, flake, and meaty foods. |
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Blue Leg Hermit Crab. The Blue Leg
Hermit Crab is a very popular crab that is very active
in the home aquarium. They are reef-safe and
fairly easy to keep. Their legs are colored in
brilliant blue, orange, and black. They are voracious
algae-eaters and should be offered algae sheets on an
every other day basis in order to help feed them.
Most of their day is spent as scavengers and they do a
tremendous job keeping aquariums clean of detritus and
waste build-up. Like all Hermit Crabs, they will
use abandoned shells as their home and will seek out a
new larger shell when they outgrow their current one. |
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