adaptability question with crabs and snails

[rudedog]

Can I take hermit crabs and snails from my local beach and put them in
my tank? I live in Monterey CA. and the water temp here is 45-50
degrees. My tank is 78 degrees. Thats about 30 degrees difference.
I'm also trying to figure out on what type of hermit crabs they are?
It dark green with a narrow single blue band by the tip of each of
thier legs. Any ideas?


Thanks Rudy

[kim gross]

rudedog wrote:
>
> Can I take hermit crabs and snails from my local beach and put them in
> my tank? I live in Monterey CA. and the water temp here is 45-50
> degrees. My tank is 78 degrees. Thats about 30 degrees difference.
> I'm also trying to figure out on what type of hermit crabs they are?
> It dark green with a narrow single blue band by the tip of each of
> thier legs. Any ideas?
>
>
> Thanks Rudy
>
Sure you can, just don't expect them to live very long. In the higher
temp of water they will not survive for verry long. I would not do it
myself, just because I know I would be sentencing them to death in a
tropical tank.

Kim

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Kim,

Do any of you keep cold-water marine tanks ? The only problem would
probably be that they would get too hot in summertime.

Regards, Fishnut.


On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 03:25:26 -0600, kim gross
> wrote:

>rudedog wrote:
>>
>> Can I take hermit crabs and snails from my local beach and put them in
>> my tank? I live in Monterey CA. and the water temp here is 45-50
>> degrees. My tank is 78 degrees. Thats about 30 degrees difference.
>> I'm also trying to figure out on what type of hermit crabs they are?
>> It dark green with a narrow single blue band by the tip of each of
>> thier legs. Any ideas?
>>
>>
>> Thanks Rudy
>>
>Sure you can, just don't expect them to live very long. In the higher
>temp of water they will not survive for verry long. I would not do it
>myself, just because I know I would be sentencing them to death in a
>tropical tank.
>
>Kim

[kim gross]

wrote:
> Kim,
>
> Do any of you keep cold-water marine tanks ? The only problem would
> probably be that they would get too hot in summertime.
>
> Regards, Fishnut.
>
>

I have one customer that keeps a coldwater tank in his classroom, the
chiller on it runs alot to keep the water around 55 degrees. Most of
the stuff in his tank comes from the OR/WA coast areas.

Kim