CD_Scapes Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Found this guy in with some Mexican red leg hermits. It’s jade green with red/white striped eyes and antennae Quote Link to comment
CD_Scapes Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 @johnmaloney any idea? Quote Link to comment
johnmaloney Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 I think they are called Bandeye Hermits in the hobby. There a few species that look similar that you can distinguish by the mark on their leg. Red/orange is a Caribbean species and green/purple is a pacific species. Edit - Paguirstes totugae, or close relative Quote Link to comment
CD_Scapes Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 1 minute ago, johnmaloney said: I think they are called Hidden Hermits in the hobby. There a few species that look similar that you can distinguish by the mark on their leg. Red/orange is a Caribbean species and green/purple is a pacific species. I was thinking that but the green hermit (calcinus latens) has yellow antenna and mine has zebra like antenna Quote Link to comment
johnmaloney Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 I updated my post right before you sent this. It was on the tip of my tongue..lol... https://www.reeflex.net/tiere/5771_Paguristes_tortugae.htm That one ^, there is variability in the coloring 1 Quote Link to comment
CD_Scapes Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 2 minutes ago, johnmaloney said: I updated my post right before you sent this. It was on the tip of my tongue..lol... Know much about them? Do they stay smaller? Quote Link to comment
johnmaloney Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 About Scarlet Hermit size, good cleaner. I had one I had a hard time identifying in a post and kept it in a 3 gallon for a very long time, it was well behaved. Still a hermit, may steal shells. Quote Link to comment
CD_Scapes Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 2 minutes ago, johnmaloney said: About Scarlet Hermit size, good cleaner. I had one I had a hard time identifying in a post and kept it in a 3 gallon for a very long time, it was well behaved. Still a hermit, may steal shells. Alright, he's in my 5 gallon tank with 8-9 empty cerith shells and my talbot damsel...I hope he likes it 3 minutes ago, johnmaloney said: About Scarlet Hermit size, good cleaner. I had one I had a hard time identifying in a post and kept it in a 3 gallon for a very long time, it was well behaved. Still a hermit, may steal shells. Are they common in commercial sales? IF I wanted some could I buy them on reef cleaners? Quote Link to comment
RoyalGramma001 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 No, I checked reef cleaners and they do not carry them. Quote Link to comment
johnmaloney Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 7 hours ago, Northwoodsreefer said: Alright, he's in my 5 gallon tank with 8-9 empty cerith shells and my talbot damsel...I hope he likes it Are they common in commercial sales? IF I wanted some could I buy them on reef cleaners? They are not a colonial species, so they are uncommon in the trade but not rare in the ocean, just far between specimens. I probably have a few here but they would take time to track down. I had a very nice looking color variation once, I had trouble IDing him that is why I remembered him (eventually) today: 1 Quote Link to comment
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