An account of what my hermit crab did

[djviper]

Hi just wanna ask do hermit crab , pick on tube worm , climb on open brains , trample over star polys and fight with boxer shrimp?

wanna know cuz my hermit crab is like THAT ! ! ! (headache)

[pegasus1010]

wat color is the crab?

red?

[djviper]

ya red hee

[pegasus1010]

no experience.

had a few blue ones, no such problems.

suggest u ditch it to the sump?

[nicholas_yeo]

is it a anemone carrying hermit crab???

I have one b4 and wasn't aware of it that it is not reef safe. Darn shop say it is okay. But it rampage everything in its paths. Coral, rocks, fish.....

I have to donate it away to a FOWLR tank.....

Yah, better put it in a sump or give it away. Not safe if u have shrimp, small fish and feathers, it is pretty destructive....

Otherwise, get an ID on it for us to see..... there are plenty of info on crabs from www.liveaquaria.com

[djviper]

i am pretty sure its a hermit crab hee

i think my hermit is just playful hmm lol

i will observe more thanks guys

[kokhui]

Hw big is it? My last hermit crab's shell was about 5 cm long and it nearly killed my garden eel! Yes, its legs are red.

What did I do with it? Got rid of it from my tank..........

[hermit]

hermit say:

hahaha i should hve teach them when they are young............................

poor parenting skills..............

anyway can post some pics on those non reef safe hermit so tat we can get away frm..........

[Avy]

Actually i think Red colors reef crabs are not really safe. Too aggressive le. Izzit hairy one? I believe the blue one are pretty safe,love these critters.

[firestream]

Actually i think Red colors reef crabs are not really safe. Too aggressive le. Izzit hairy one? I believe the blue one are pretty safe,love these critters.

ya ..except when he pick on yoru snails and trying to kill them for their shell ..

[neokn]

Hi just wanna ask do hermit crab , pick on tube worm , climb on open brains , trample over star polys and fight with boxer shrimp?

wanna know cuz my hermit crab is like THAT ! ! ! (headache)

King hermit will try to pull out the tube worm for makan. Yes, it will climb over corals that are stationary like brains etc but not those branching type. Fight with boxer shrimp, never encounter b4. But it will definitely fight and makan crab.

King hermit crab have white strips parallel to their legs. They come in Red, blue and black. They can grow to the size of >2".

[diabolus]

my biggest dwarf hermit is a murderer!

its only the size of a ten cents coin and after putting in and the rest of my hermits in my nano tank, saw it killing a smaller hermit!

now dunno wat to do with it!

[djviper]

hmm seems like my hermit is a silent killer lol

just came back today and saw 1 of my tube worm gone ... i placed it quite high zzz it must have climbed up ...

[hotlemond]

I had a blue legged hermit and its horrible. Climb on the rock and push my xenia to fall twice and one he himself fell onto my anemone. With him around, my coral and anemone never dare to open up fully. Gave it away.

Now had a fire and skunk shrimp, much much better though they really like to mess up the coral to rid "parasite" if any. A neccessary evil..

[manta]

had 2 blue legged dwarf hermit. real agrresive and killed a lot of my snails. banned to the sump now.