adaptability question with crabs and snails

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

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,

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

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