Hitching a ride on a monster

[xxkenny90xx]

 

[Hugh Mann]

Maybe it's just the photo that makes it look enormous, but how big is that hermit crab, and where can I get one?

 

[xxkenny90xx]

Maybe it's just the photo that makes it look enormous, but how big is that hermit crab, and where can I get one?

The small one is golf ball sized and very aggressive. The big one is softball sized (or a little bigger) and is a straight up killer

 

[xxkenny90xx]

Maybe it's just the photo that makes it look enormous, but how big is that hermit crab, and where can I get one?

Reef cleaners gets babies from time to time. But they are the definition of not reef safe

 

[Hugh Mann]

Reef cleaners gets babies from time to time. But they are the definition of not reef safe

Sounds like a perfect fit, unless they will also eat fish. Which I'm guessing that behemoth would.

 

[xxkenny90xx]

Sounds like a perfect fit, unless they will also eat fish. Which I'm guessing that behemoth would.

Live fish happen to be his favorite snack! And make no mistake about it, Tamatoa does want to eat that smaller green hermit crab

 

[king aiptasia]

Reef cleaners gets babies from time to time. But they are the definition of not reef safe

NSFR is the trend with a lot of decapods

 

[king aiptasia]

this pic was so cute

 

[Hugh Mann]

Live fish happen to be his favorite snack! And make no mistake about it, Tamatoa does want to eat that smaller green hermit crab

Daaaaang. How do you keep it then, in its own species specific tank, like some sort of beast from myth?

 

[Skynyrd Fish]

Watch your fingers with that one. How long have you had it?

 

[G Santana]

That little dude is riding the edge HARD LOL

 

[xxkenny90xx]

Daaaaang. How do you keep it then, in its own species specific tank, like some sort of beast from myth?

To quote one of my local reef club members

"Probably a Dadanus Megistos, the breaker of reef worlds, stripping all life from the very rocks beneath its feet.

Want your tank to start from scratch all over again? This is your ticket”

Ya he's in his own 30 something gallon bowfront tank right now with just a handful of smaller hermits. But he'll definitely need a tank upgrade when he grows to the size of a football

 

[xxkenny90xx]

Watch your fingers with that one. How long have you had it?

Just over a year. Ya he's super aggressive, even a year later he still savagly attacks the feeding tongs everyday

 

[Hugh Mann]

The more I hear about this, the more I want one. Would be awesome to have a football sized murdercrab. More practical than a mantis shrimp.

 

[xxkenny90xx]

The more I hear about this, the more I want one. Would be awesome to have a football sized murdercrab. More practical than a mantis shrimp.

They really are alot of fun to watch. And he has lived peacefully for months with some blue damsels in the past (those are the only fish that are fast enough and cheap enough to try). But they all mysteriously disappear eventually :rolleyes: . I've also tried mollies. They are much too slow and dumb and don't have a healthy fear of giant claws...

 

[xxkenny90xx]

The only downside to marine giant hermit crabs is that sometimes they like to walk around in their birthday suits :eek:

 

[king aiptasia]

To quote one of my local reef club members

"Probably a Dadanus Megistos, the breaker of reef worlds, stripping all life from the very rocks beneath its feet.

Want your tank to start from scratch all over again? This is your ticket”

Ya he's in his own 30 something gallon bowfront tank right now with just a handful of smaller hermits. But he'll definitely need a tank upgrade when he grows to the size of a football

sounds like the average lobster in a tank

 

[xxkenny90xx]

Another ride today. A couple of weirdos imo

 

[king aiptasia]

Another ride today. A couple of weirdos imo

i wonder if he finds it fun?

 

[Hugh Mann]

Another ride today. A couple of weirdos imo

That thing looks like it stepped from the pages of a Lovecraft novel.