Hermit crab being strange

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Hi guys so I have two hermits one is your typical scarlet hermit normal very docile all it does all day is munch of algae and left overs but my other is a white clawed rock hermit and it seems to just literally run laps round the tank and has done since I got it maybe 3 months ago it’s molted twice and has plenty of shells to choose from it will wear one shell for a day then go back to its old one am I being an idiot thinking there’s something wrong with it or is this just normal I looked on Google and it said it may be just “exercising” but the more I think about it the more I feel like somethings wrong with it (it’s cleaning day tomorrow so I apologies about the algae)
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Hi guys so I have two hermits one is your typical scarlet hermit normal very docile all it does all day is munch of algae and left overs but my other is a white clawed rock hermit and it seems to just literally run laps round the tank and has done since I got it maybe 3 months ago it’s molted twice and has plenty of shells to choose from it will wear one shell for a day then go back to its old one am I being an idiot thinking there’s something wrong with it or is this just normal I looked on Google and it said it may be just “exercising” but the more I think about it the more I feel like somethings wrong with it (it’s cleaning day tomorrow so I apologies about the algae)
Looks like north sea or orange leg hermit- Scavenger
 
Hi guys so I have two hermits one is your typical scarlet hermit normal very docile all it does all day is munch of algae and left overs but my other is a white clawed rock hermit and it seems to just literally run laps round the tank and has done since I got it maybe 3 months ago it’s molted twice and has plenty of shells to choose from it will wear one shell for a day then go back to its old one am I being an idiot thinking there’s something wrong with it or is this just normal I looked on Google and it said it may be just “exercising” but the more I think about it the more I feel like somethings wrong with it (it’s cleaning day tomorrow so I apologies about the algae)

Ahhh so it’s doing this as normal behaviour scavenging ?
 

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