Made a little film about my hermit crab and his struggles with the grumpy goby.
I made this!
(alternative title: new camera, wanted to test it and am in a silly mood).
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stevierar, Tue 6 Jan 2015, 22:08,
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Haha, great!
Are those little claws that he keeps clicking in front of him, or little feelers?
I had a pet crayfish for a while, rescued from a local river. Not as cool as hermit crab though - salt water tank is it?
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LemonEntryMyDearWatson This time, Moriarty, the hand is on the other foot, Tue 6 Jan 2015, 22:13,
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They're little filters that collect yummy things from the water.
I like to believe they are castanets though.
edit: And yes, sorry, salt water! It's a UK native marine tank. Live next to the beach so it's just a holiday home for them (have set it up with advice from gf's dad who is a marine biologist; not mixing storebought animals and being careful and good).
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stevierar, Tue 6 Jan 2015, 22:14,
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So did he come with a shell
or did you strew an assortment of potential homes around the tank, for him to pick from?
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thecrapgatsby isn't listening LALALALALALA, Tue 6 Jan 2015, 22:18,
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He's a deep sea hermit crab that was washed up in a storm on Weymouth beach,
gf's dad rescued him for me. In his shell. I go collecting every so often and pick up shells of various sizes to have in there; they like to switch and try on new ones. I only have him and a smaller 'hairy' hermit crab.
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stevierar, Tue 6 Jan 2015, 22:21,
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Wow I love that they try on new ones every so often!
"do my castanets look big in this?"
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thecrapgatsby isn't listening LALALALALALA, Tue 6 Jan 2015, 22:24,
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Whenever the big one changes shell,
the little one will immediately go and find a new one. I think perhaps in part due to what Fronds posted but these are very different crabs and there's plenty to choose from. I think he just gets jealous.
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stevierar, Tue 6 Jan 2015, 22:26,
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They are quite ugly without a shell.
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omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Tue 6 Jan 2015, 22:17,
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do you provide new shell when he outgrows one?
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omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Tue 6 Jan 2015, 22:18,
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Horrific things. He's a pagurus prideaux and forms a symbiotic relationship
with cloak anemones. There are two in the tank and usually he has one on his shell but the other day he had two which made it a bit heavy so I got to see him change shells. Ick.
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stevierar, Tue 6 Jan 2015, 22:19,
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They're cleverer than they look though
This is my favourite thing:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLUAoTjdmZ8
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Fronds are waving gently on, Tue 6 Jan 2015, 22:21,
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I loved that. I initially bought the crab to buy land hermit crabs, exactly the
same as the video, until I found out they are wild-caught as they can't be bred in captivity. Possibly even from that very beach as they don't exist in many places. Instead went the native marine tank route and by using local seawater, animals, etc, they can just come into my tank on little holidays!
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stevierar, Tue 6 Jan 2015, 22:27,
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Very cool indeed - wel jel
Wish I didn't live two hours from the sea. Sigh.
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Fronds are waving gently on, Tue 6 Jan 2015, 22:32,
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Carrying 65 litres of sea water back to my flat, even in four trips
and even using a car, nearly killed me. I fear water changes.
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stevierar, Tue 6 Jan 2015, 22:34,
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Bless
It may need a house swap soon so do you have bigger shells? :)
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spazzcaptain Misses Valin @, Tue 6 Jan 2015, 22:20,
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Mind the piss
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spazzcaptain Misses Valin @, Tue 6 Jan 2015, 22:20,
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Plenty of shells, I collect bigger/smaller/same size opening shells on the beach
every so often. He's in this one as he's having problems with his favourite shell. Has only been in that one for today, I'm sure he'll find a better one soon.
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stevierar, Tue 6 Jan 2015, 22:22,
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This touched me deeply *sniffs*
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omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Tue 6 Jan 2015, 22:29,
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That is totally uncool.
Although that fish has a silly face. No wonder it's angry.
Also, I might add that this touched me so deeply I can't stop weeping.
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cowcat Bituminous squeegee, Tue 6 Jan 2015, 22:56,
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the "lovely" should have been in caps like this LOVELY
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spanishfly is so fucking sexy people impersonate him, Wed 7 Jan 2015, 8:27,
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Excellent, and informative to boot.
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fred zeppelin II: Electric Boogaloo, Wed 7 Jan 2015, 12:43,
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My brother had an extreme sports hermit crab in our tank.
It'd try and trap air bubbles in its shell from the filter outlet and ride them as high as it could without rolling over. Or it'd climb to the top of the highest rocks and leap off, then when it landed it'd run round and do it again.
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joefish It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks, Wed 7 Jan 2015, 14:28,
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