mine climbs up the corner gripping the caulking, then sits up on my glass cleaner.. he's emo. :sad:

I've seen lots climb up the silicon... but never go back into their shell for the whole day in such an odd perch.
Im wondering if this guy felt vulnerable... He is a scarlet hermit, and the 3 other hermits in the tank are pretty 'ripped' compared to him, one is an electric blue and the other two, I dont know, but they are definitely bigger/stronger. This one is much more shy.

thats really weird mines a scarlet too! He sometimes sits up high on the rocks in his shell for a few hours I thought He was dead once so I poked at him and out he came :mrgreen:

Scarlets never seem nearly as active or competitive. (to me)

Although realistically, any hermits roaring around during the day-time means hungry hermit; the biggest killer in captivity is starvation (leading to more intense competition between crabs in general, including but not limited to: general battles for space, fighting over food, trying to eat one another, and for shell space). There is actually an old issue of coral magazine that discusses the topic.

I used to have one that would do this......his favorite perch was in my birdsnest.....I saw him there the first time and thought poor guy, got stuck in there.....so I moved him out of the coral......two days later he was back sitting nestled inside the BN.....stupid hermie....after that I would see him there from time to time.....guess it was his own little sanctum sanctorum

Those massive hermits you guys brought in for the boxing day sale... a few of those bastards would climb into my digis. I seriously thought they'd break the damn things. Lazy mofos to boot :twised:

Ho! Ho! Ho! We have snow! And my dog is having a blast out there. :biggrin:

We where suppose to get snow today on the coast but have just seen rain .....so far

DAMN!!! Dropped to 9th on the rep power.........must........get.........more .........POWER!!!!:lol:

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