hermit took snail shell!! lol

[nooberpie]

lol, today, this one shell in my aquarium moved, becasue i didnt kno what happend to the cleaner snail in thier, and it came onto a rock, and a hermit crab was in the shell!! lol, does this happen often?

 

[Gealcath]

Yes, hermit crabs will often evict a snail from its shell.

 

[johngp]

Hermits as they grow will require slightly larger empty shells to move into - so try to provide empty ones left on the sand bed and you might find you dont get eviction problems as the crabs will use these first.

 

[OrionGirl]

JMO, but it won't matter how many shells you provide, the little buggers will still kill snails. Since I'd rather have snails, I don't have any hermits. Killing snails just to go shopping (and they often won't move into the shell they've 'evicted' a snail from) is not acceptable.

 

[skippy2]

I saw my hermit kill a snail for no reason at all. The snail shell was obviously too small for the hermit but he didn't care. I didn't stop it because I didn't know how far along the hermit was. It was horrible.

 

[VDub90]

The last 2 weeks I have had major problems with the crabs in my tank. There is always at least a dozen empty shells on the bottom for the crabs, but they seem to like the ocuppied ones best! I have lost probably 10 snails so far due to crabs.