Mixing hermits

[dmitry]

I bought some scarlet hermits at the store a few days ago (to mix with some blue ones I already had) and just noticed one of the crabs isn't a scarlet! He's sort of brown/white striped. Just curious if it should be ok to have him in with all the others since he's so different from the others. First day he got kinda beat up by one of the blue-legged ones and spent all of next day hiding in the corner. Should I take him back and swap him or what?? :notsure:

 

[fishamajig]

who cares he is a hermit crab. Mine fight each other all the time. for bigger shells. I put extra shells in there too but they like to kill each other. once he dies go the store and get a few more.

 

[ctgretzky9]

I dont think there wil be a problem any more than usual. I have a huge mix...scarlet, blue legget, zebra, and a couple of HUGE ones that are just common type-dont know their name-literally in shells about 3" wide.
They will fight every once in a while, even with lots of extra shells.
Although I have never seen a fight to the death.