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AmenHahahaa nothing scares me in my tank it's people around my tank that scares me.
Our paranoia is our own and not for others to judge. Why do some people wig about about clowns? Considering that these crabs have claws as big as their entire body, I get it, from a certain perspective.
Tiny? Uhhh no. And 1 of my guys would get a death grip on my turkey baster during spot feedings. Like my pistol shrimp does but he doesn’t scare me for some reason. I’ve had a 145 pound mastiff that ppl crossed the street to avoid. I befriended my sister’s 75 pound pit bull within 15 min of meeting him and having him growl at me. I’m no chicken. But these emerald crabs have be shook. You should have seen the way they sprang out of their cave. All crazy spider on steroids like and terrifying. I can’t be the only one!!!
That looked more like a “slitting the throat” gesture. I think he’s threatening you. Don’t forget to feed him or you might regret it.Mine likes to say hi to me! See... I think he likes me
That looked more like a “slitting the throat” gesture. I think he’s threatening you. Don’t forget to feed him or you might regret it.
At risk of sounding dramatic. My emerald crab scared me so bad my soul almost left my body Haha. I'm not the biggest fan of spiders see... so during rock rearrangement I put one piece on the floor on top of a towel after a quick once over for snails. Sure enough about 20 minutes later when I went to pick up the dang rock the emerald crab starting running on the towel. It looked like a giant spider! I almost squished the dang thing! Thankfully I caught him and he was totally fine... but quite the spooking.I had 2. Lost both to equipment failure. Sorta. Long story. I recently purchased live rock off kijiji and now notice a lot of Vermetid snail tubes. Not sure if snails in there but assume so. I understand that hermit crabs eat them? So considering getting a couple for my 110g.
1 - how many would you put in there?
2 - anyone else afraid of them? The 2 I had for a limited time were small. Less than an inch. They get to 2.5. Every time I spot fed em, they lept up to the food in full on beast mode. Even charged at my finger once and scared me senseless. So I’m reluctant to get more.
3 - anyone been pinched by one of these guys? A big one? How’d that go? I know they wouldn’t intentionally pinch a person (probably) but still
EDIT: I’m afraid of EMERALD CRABS. Not hermits. My bad
At risk of sounding dramatic. My emerald crab scared me so bad my soul almost left my body Haha. I'm not the biggest fan of spiders see... so during rock rearrangement I put one piece on the floor on top of a towel after a quick once over for snails. Sure enough about 20 minutes later when I went to pick up the dang rock the emerald crab starting running on the towel. It looked like a giant spider! I almost squished the dang thing! Thankfully I caught him and he was totally fine... but quite the spooking.