ID PLEASE and Info. about Hermit Crab
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dburr
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I purchased about 15 hermit crabs. The only way i could describe them is that they are light brown with furry legs.
Hard to say without a pic, and it's still hard.
Also, they keep on dying; about one a day. I find them w/o their shells.
3 choises. 1, not acclimated long enough. 2, they are molting. 3, they are killing each other.
Or, could be some thing else with your water, like SG. Can you give more info?
HTH
Hard to say without a pic, and it's still hard.
Also, they keep on dying; about one a day. I find them w/o their shells.
3 choises. 1, not acclimated long enough. 2, they are molting. 3, they are killing each other.
Or, could be some thing else with your water, like SG. Can you give more info?
HTH
aiber
Member
They are small hermit crabs; I didn't purchase the blue or red hermits b/c I read that they were too aggressive. It seems like these are also aggressive...I don't think that they are molting because there shells are empty.
So nobody knows the name of these hermits?
Thanks
I have a halloween Hermit that is doing awesome....
So nobody knows the name of these hermits?
Thanks
I have a halloween Hermit that is doing awesome....
aiber
Member
Dburr,
What info do you need? Hmm????
Well here goes,
75 gallon
10 gallon sump
35 snails (turbo)
3 peppermint shrimp (used to be 5)
1 Coral banded shrimp
2 damsels
1 yellow chromi (cool fish)
30 lbs. live rock
Yes, my tank is cycled...
I will be adding 90 more lbs. of live Haiti Rock. I am curing the rock now...
Thanks
What info do you need? Hmm????
Well here goes,
75 gallon
10 gallon sump
35 snails (turbo)
3 peppermint shrimp (used to be 5)
1 Coral banded shrimp
2 damsels
1 yellow chromi (cool fish)
30 lbs. live rock
Yes, my tank is cycled...
I will be adding 90 more lbs. of live Haiti Rock. I am curing the rock now...
Thanks
overanalyzer
Active Member
sounds like molting - BUT - I would check your PH level and have your water tested for PH and Copper @ a reputible LFS. I know (sadly from experience) if your PH is off then crabs will crawl out of their shells - almost like they are crazy or something!!
jawfishray
Member
If you are new to hermits I will let you in on a common practice amoung them, they will kill each other for shells.
Provide them with extra shells. I try to keep 2 extra shells in the water for each hermit. They will molt and exchange up to the next size and so forth.
Otherwize when one molts it will become a target from another to get its shell.
When I collected my last batch of hermits, Gulf of Mexico standard brown banded common sand scuttler variety, I introduced (completely sterilized) pretty shells that I have collected through the years from around the world (Belize, Cuba, US & B Virgins, Hawaii, Johnston Atoll, etc.) at the same time.
Every single hermit, 30-35, exchanged shells within 15mins. And then proceeded to exchange again in a consistant pattern of house hunting, for about a week.
I left the old shells to become fodder and micro havens for pods.
Funny, they prefer my cleaned collected shells over their shells they brought with them from the Gulf.
Anyway, add more shells, with some size variation. Just because they are hermies don't think that they are immune to stress. Give the little guys some choices and they will live longer healthier lives.
Ray Boemler
www.peanutbutterjellyfish.com
Provide them with extra shells. I try to keep 2 extra shells in the water for each hermit. They will molt and exchange up to the next size and so forth.
Otherwize when one molts it will become a target from another to get its shell.
When I collected my last batch of hermits, Gulf of Mexico standard brown banded common sand scuttler variety, I introduced (completely sterilized) pretty shells that I have collected through the years from around the world (Belize, Cuba, US & B Virgins, Hawaii, Johnston Atoll, etc.) at the same time.
Every single hermit, 30-35, exchanged shells within 15mins. And then proceeded to exchange again in a consistant pattern of house hunting, for about a week.
I left the old shells to become fodder and micro havens for pods.
Funny, they prefer my cleaned collected shells over their shells they brought with them from the Gulf.
Anyway, add more shells, with some size variation. Just because they are hermies don't think that they are immune to stress. Give the little guys some choices and they will live longer healthier lives.
Ray Boemler
www.peanutbutterjellyfish.com