Electric Blue Hermit Crab (Calcinus elegans) - Chicago Clean up Crew

• The electric blue hermit crab (Calcinus elegans) is a rare, tropical crab with striking blue and orange colors: 

   

   

  • Appearance

    The electric blue hermit crab has bright blue legs with black banding, orange antennae, and brownish green claws. It also has two bright blue eyes. 

     

     
  • Habitat

    In the wild, electric blue hermit crabs live in the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific region, in and around coral reefs and rocky substrates. 

     

     
  • Behavior

    Electric blue hermit crabs are scavengers and detritivores that eat algae, including green hair algae and cyanobacteria. They also sift through the sand to aerate the aquarium. 

     

     
  • Care

    Electric blue hermit crabs are relatively easy to care for in a saltwater aquarium. They need a stable water temperature and quality, plenty of hiding places, and suitable snail shells to choose from. 

     

     
  • Growth

    As they grow, electric blue hermit crabs need larger shells. They may attack snails to take their shells or they may molt before they have a new shell. 

     

     
  • Diet

    You can supplement their diet with live macro algae, dried seaweed, and mysis shrimp. 

Clean Up Crews only Ship on Monday - Thursday to avoid sitting in hot/cold trucks & warehouses over weekends.  They all ship via UPS Overnight Service.

Clean Up Crew Basics & Why Ours are Different!

1. We ship UPS Next Day on All Orders, no slow shipping no USPS, we want the best chance of success for all your tank inhabitants.
2. All of our invert tanks are Fallow, we do not keep them with fish.
3. If you have an issue with something dying, we will make it right by refund or reshipment. We know buying livestock online can be tricky at times.
4. We don't buy/sell micro pea sized livestock. All of our snails, crabs, etc we purchase Medium to X Large sizes. I hate buying clean up crews online and getting hundreds of small barely viable inverts.
5. We check your shipping location before packing and include the appropriate number of heat/cold packs. Being a larger company we aren't afraid to spend more on shipping and packing to give your animals the best chance at thriving.
6. Flat Rate UPS Next Day Air anywhere in the lower 48 states.
7. We are building this program from the ground up so we can control everything. We do not drop ship. We control the animals we select, the husbandry, prep, pick, pack, ship. The entire process.  We are just getting started.