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Hermit Crab Aggression??
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 4:50 pm
by goldielocke76
So Yoshi could be here any day now, and I am super excited, BUT (always that nasty but) the hermits have all of the sudden turned nasty. Well, one of them anyways. Snaps is NASTY!!! He chases Pig all over the tank, he pulled him out of his shell last night then chased his nekkid butt, and relentlessly picks on Pig-- refuses to leave him alone. Is there a reason for this sudden aggression? It seems it's all over shell too. If I get a 2 inch GSP, can Snaps potentially harm him/her??
Re: Hermit Crab Aggression??
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 5:35 pm
by jus85411
how many shells do you have in there? i dont know much about hermits but i think they will contend for shells if there arent many "suitable" ones according to them
Re: Hermit Crab Aggression??
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 5:48 pm
by goldielocke76
jus85411 wrote:how many shells do you have in there? i dont know much about hermits but i think they will contend for shells if there arent many "suitable" ones according to them
There is at least 20 of them in there. About 8 taken from various different tanks, including the one they were in at the LFS, and a range of small medium and large ones bought from the LFS. It seems as if they have divided the tank up into left and right territories, and and Snaps is slowly getting all the shells with the algae on them on his side, and Pig goes over there and noses at one of them, and Snaps gets all crazy. I have had to really keep an eye on the tank the last few days because poor Pig will get stuck and when he does, Snaps is all over him like white on rice. It's crazy.
Re: Hermit Crab Aggression??
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 6:05 pm
by jus85411
that does sound crazy o.O i had a small hermit in my tank with some snails and a starfish, he never showed any aggression... but then again i didnt have any other hermits to compete with him so i would have never saw anything like that
Re: Hermit Crab Aggression??
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 6:16 pm
by goldielocke76
Yeah it's weird, because they have been doing fine, and all of the sudden, just beating the heck out of one another. It's noisy too!! If I hear the loud clicking sound, I know something's going on LoL.
Re: Hermit Crab Aggression??
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 7:29 pm
by bertie 83
I would not worry too much about the puffer, the confident crab will soon be in his tummy. If it spends it's time out in the tank instead of hiding he will be a nice lunch lol