Halloween Hermit Crab
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Topic: Halloween Hermit Crab
Posted By: Corusco
Subject: Halloween Hermit Crab
Date Posted: October 25 2004 at 8:22pm
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I added a new member to the family today, a Halloween crab. It's
the kind that is a color morph of the scarlet crab, like the electric
blue leg (from what I have been able to research out) with purple legs
and bright orange joints and leg-tips. I have checked stuff out
on WWM and RC, and it seems that this kind is supposed to be a fairly
amicable addition to a community aquarium, but my guy seems to have
picked fights with two of my tricolor crabs (others have complained
about halloweens going aggro on RC, but they have been different
species, from what I have read.) I know that Nate Laidlaw (crazy
tarzan) has one of these guys and it has been a friendly guy.
Anyone else have experience with these?
------------- Justin in Orem 55 larval Semi-Reef 140 Reef in progress |
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Posted By: lex0219
Date Posted: October 25 2004 at 8:34pm
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let me guess doctor foster smith...ya i have one and it is very peacefull kinda shy acculy well if u got any other Q let me know ------------- "I will search until i find my happily ever after"-renee tanks 10 gal dwarf 30 gal fw 10 gal nano reef 12 gal nano cub The Air Force is where it is! |
Posted By: Corusco
Date Posted: October 25 2004 at 9:30pm
hehe, actually i got it at aquatica down here in orem. about 45
minutes ago he gave up on the tricolor, which climbed onto the back of
his (halloween's) shell and hung out for about ten minutes. They
then proceeded to climb behind my rockwork piggyback style and I havent
seen them since. If that was a mating ritual then it was pretty
wack...ive never seen anyone actually get action by being physically
violent on the first date. Dunno though; it did seem that the new
guy was trying to get in the other's shell
------------- Justin in Orem 55 larval Semi-Reef 140 Reef in progress |
Posted By: Crazy Tarzan
Date Posted: October 26 2004 at 9:09am
All my hermits continually try and eat any of the other small
hermits--especially about the time they molt. When I'm bored I
toss them on seperate sides of the tank and time how long it takes them
to run into each other again. 
------------- Was that in there yesterday? Casper--WY windier than ? Down to a 20, soon to double or nothing |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: October 26 2004 at 10:19am
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Do they have enough to eat? Most fights are over food (or mating). ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member 
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Posted By: Weimers
Date Posted: October 26 2004 at 4:02pm
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The new one probably stole her cheeseburger and fries. Sounds pretty cool, Justin. ------------- Renee and Damon Weimer Tankless in Hawaii |
Posted By: Corusco
Date Posted: October 28 2004 at 1:08am
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Thanks for the input everyone! All of my crabs have been
accounted for, except my largest tricolor, so I am thinking the
new one may have been stressed from the move and went territorially
agressive. He was only in the tank for about 30 seconds when he
went after the first one, so I dont think he was starving to the point
of killing over food, although I admit the little one's strawberry
shake -was- looking mighty tasty. He also has the largest shell
in the tank, with plenty of room to grow into, so there again, i dont
think it was over a mobile home. I think he even has satellite in
his current model. ANYway things are pretty much back to normal
now and we have a new member of the family initiated with a good
healthy feud, Freddy the angry-ace crab.
------------- Justin in Orem 55 larval Semi-Reef 140 Reef in progress |
Posted By: acerob
Date Posted: November 02 2004 at 10:47am
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I have a halloween crab too. when I had him in my Nano Cube he was the worst herit that I've ever seen. Lazy, wouldn't hardly move except for when I fed the fish, and he was quite murderus. He caught one of my clownfish and was eating him and he took out about 4 other hermits. since I have moved to my bigger tank, he is about the best crab in the tank. ------------- Highland, UT 12g Nano 90g Reef |
Posted By: orangefish
Date Posted: November 03 2004 at 12:13pm
| I had one and he killed a Maxim clam, all my turbo smails, my other hermit crabs and a coral banded shrimp. I hear they are ok if they are small but as they get bigger they eat what ever they can. They are cool but I won't get another unless I do an all fish tank. |