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Hermit Crabs & Behavior (looking for a new shell or Amore?

April 26, 2017Amore Behavior Crabs hermit Shell

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Hermit Crabs & Behavior (looking for a new shell or Amore?

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Bob, Quick scenario and question about Hermit Crabs. I currently have a system set up with LR, few fish, Xenia, Snails, & Hermits. I stocked the tank with just 12 Blue Legged Hermits (look identical to and I believe are Clibanarius tricolor) and 6 Left Handed Hermits (Calcinus laevimanus). Today, I noticed that one of the larger BL Hermits was literally attaching itself to another BL Hermit (this one was quite a bit smaller). It was moving its front legs and accessory feeding appendages quite a lot, but it did not appear to be outright trying to extract the smaller BL Hermit. I watched for a while, and another BL Hermit came along and was also watching. The third BL Hermit climbed onto the larger specimen, and finally I broke this up to see what would happen. The smaller BL Hermit that was being ‘hassled’ was then put at the other end of the tank. About four hours later, the same BL Hermit had found the smaller one – and was performing the same behavior!