http://glassbox-design.com/2009/hermit-crab-shell-swap/ the modern reef blog Thu, 17 May 2012 17:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://glassbox-design.com/2009/hermit-crab-shell-swap/comment-page-1/#comment-5773 JD Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:27:41 +0000 http://glassbox-design.com/?p=4444#comment-5773 Hermit crabs switching shells is one of my favorite things to watch. I love how they roll the new shell around, picking things off of it. Then in an instant they are in the new one. Hermit crabs switching shells is one of my favorite things to watch. I love how they roll the new shell around, picking things off of it. Then in an instant they are in the new one.

]]> http://glassbox-design.com/2009/hermit-crab-shell-swap/comment-page-1/#comment-5772 Nicholas Sadaka Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:27:35 +0000 http://glassbox-design.com/?p=4444#comment-5772 Oh man they are creepy looking when they come out of those shells. I can't remember why, but I remember this one time I was watching this hermit come out of his shell and he ran all around the tank shell-less and he was creepy looking when he was still, but much moreso when he moved around. I'm still very much on the fence at whether or not I like them in my reef tank. I'd be lying if I said that there hasn't been a few instances where I suspected them of eating some patches out of some of my SPS corals. Oh man they are creepy looking when they come out of those shells. I can’t remember why, but I remember this one time I was watching this hermit come out of his shell and he ran all around the tank shell-less and he was creepy looking when he was still, but much moreso when he moved around. I’m still very much on the fence at whether or not I like them in my reef tank. I’d be lying if I said that there hasn’t been a few instances where I suspected them of eating some patches out of some of my SPS corals.

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