Bullying hermit crab . . . he's in a timeout. . .

[ScoobyJ]

I have this one hermit crab that is just bullying all the other hermits and was caught eating a snail. He's one of my original clean-up crew members so he's twice the size of some of the other hermit mates.

I saw him grabbing a smaller hermit and carried him away, shell and all.

So I stuck him in a timeout...... Any ideas of what I should do with him?

Kids want me to keep him. Do I really set up a bowl just for the hermit? (Now known as Spike)

What do you do with misbehaving inverts?

 

[Kellie in CA]

I have one of those too, he's usually caught stealing food from my LPS. I frequently have him take time out in the overflow. My 4 year old will scream "You're going to jail!"

 

[MTBake]

I have two choices myself. They either go to the sump, or the mantis shrimp tank. The latter is a one way ticket for most troublemakers;)

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Banish to the Sump! :)

 

[flsalty]

He may have been breeding lol