breeding hermits

[gharner]

looked into my 12 gallon aquapod about 5 minutes ago and noticed that a female blue leg hermit was releasing hundreds of babies into the water!! yay...food for my corals and fish

do blueleg hermits readily reproduce in captivity???

 

[bjoe23]

Thats really cool! your not going to try to keep a few? have any pics?

 

[gharner]

i dont even know how i would get any to survive

they start out life in a planktonic state and just kinda float around. they kinda resemble small clearish white shrimp....infact that what i thought they were until i saw the female crab actually come 1/2 way out of her shell and release more young into the water! now they are everywhere!!! there has to be over a thousand!! i sucked a few up and tried to get some pics with my phone but i didnt have any luck. they are too small.

 

[joebob7]

wow ive never heard of them reproducing in captivity
that would be cool to raise them but i have no idea how to keep them alive
congrats on the cool find!

 

[gharner]

thanks....im not even gonna try to raise any now. i dont have a spare tank, time, money, or info hahaha. my corals are liking the feast though. i actually think this happened to me once before about 6 months ago.....i saw many white things floating in the water but when i looked close i thought they were some sort of free floating shrimp. i figured they came from the lr or something. i know these are def. hermits cause i witnessed the female releasing them. i thought it was pretty neat.

 

[coral keeper]

I had a hermit have babies also. But none survived because i don't have the time, money, or info ether.