Need advice ASAP

[Goaway]

Also, I wouldn't know if a parasite would trigger them to act that way either, I do know snails can get infected.

 

[Goaway]

This guy. Will a hermit go for a conch shell though?

How big is this guy? A home is a home and yes they will.

 

[CornishCrustyCorals]

I would say the conch shell would be a small upgrade but in a hermits eyes an upgrade is always what they want.
Can't believe a snail is keeping me awake. He's not moved much but he's OK his eyes are moving around.

How big is this guy? A home is a home and yes they will.

 

[DaddyFish]

He really just wants to sleep in your bed tonight.

 

[DeniseAndy]

That crab, yep, he could be nasty. He looks big and not the ones I would keep. Granted I only keep one kind, scarlets. The rest I hate too much because they kill my snails (which I like better).

 

[Fishinabarrel]

Alternative theory.
It was a full moon and he was horny......

 

[ying yang]

Alternative theory.
It was a full moon and he was horny......

Well maybe must be double full moon night after night as op in southwest england and im in northwest england and now nearly 24 hours later i had exact same happen ( video coming shortly,ignore part about me saying i hope crab dies lol)
I seen out corner of my eye my copperband darting around tank and heard little noise and see my largest hermit wrestling with my smallest conch so quickly grab coral feeder and use it to push hermit away then videod the conch jumping away lol.
Hermit full of snail gunk but trying to chase it but used coral feeder to stop it then sat on coral feeder and yup snapped it pffft
Conch jumped about 8 times to safety till hit corner glass and now half buried in sand,i sometimes see smallest conch hiding under sand for day or 2 at a time so maybe happens often idk
I doubt hermit was hungry as plenty algae in tank and at least 3 times a week i target feed little piece of clam to every hermit i can see and i throw the old shells in so any clam/ oyster/ scallops i feed fish that they dont get it gets trapped inbetween shells and hermits finish it off,was only telling mibu like 4 days ago this hermit the biggest and hairest but the most peaceful but nope he just a hermit lol

 

[Goaway]

These hermits are jurks!

 

[ying yang]

These hermits are jurks!

Yeah can see me having sump full of hermits soon and they killing each other just for fun down there ha ha
Wasnt bothered at first but then as sat on coral feeder i was like die hermit,hope you cant eat no more die die die ha ha but just natural for them so its ok i guess.
Will just keep eye on conch and hope it doesnt die and foul the water but guess if it does die i will know as be covered in hermits and nassarious snails anyhow ^_^ but yeah jerks and this hermit in question is quite a big boy indeed lol

 

[ying yang]

@Mibu @CornishCrustyCorals here same for me only 22 hours or so later but i caught hermit in the act but didnt video it as thought best to save conch first but video it jumping away to safety lol

 

[ying yang]

I can't imagine the hermit is the cause of that behavior. That leaping ability is usually on display when the conch is disturbed by something. The repeated jumping with nothing near it is concerning. Even more concerning is that it almost looked as if it were coming out of it's shell towards the end of the video. I'd definitely keep him in the fuge for a while and watch him. I don't know anything you can do for him other than protect him.

@saltyhog 22 hours on and same for me.
Heard noise and cbb darting around tank and big hermit wrestling conch and didnt catch first 3- 4 jumps but started filming as conch good 12 inch away jumping and still jumping till nearly in corner 30 inch away then after stopped filming jumped few more times till hit corner glass then went half under sand.and if look my video above can see hermit full of snail gunk ha ha

 

[Goaway]

All in the same time frame. Wow!

 

[Goaway]

@saltyhog 22 hours on and same for me.
Heard noise and cbb darting around tank and big hermit wrestling conch and didnt catch first 3- 4 jumps but started filming as conch good 12 inch away jumping and still jumping till nearly in corner 30 inch away then after stopped filming jumped few more times till hit corner glass then went half under sand.

That hermit, was like "get back here! I'm not done with you."

 

[DeniseAndy]

Darn buggers. I got a bumch to help before I got my snails and such and then banished them all to the sump. Not sure there are any left after a year. The sump has plenty of food. Full live rock area and algae scrubber, but they just kill each other. These were the blues and green legs.

 

[CornishCrustyCorals]

The hermit went to a lfs today.

I hate going to the lfs I ended up buying another tank.. only went to drop it off.

I couldn't find the 2nd conch so ended up stripping the system only to find it absolutely fine.. been a long day

That's crazy how 2 of us had same issue with 24 hrs freeky moon maybe.

Both my conchs are in my fuge giving that a clean and give them some chill out time from everything else in the display.

Now at least once the new tank is cycled I will have a place to put stuff if it ever happens again. Just bought a little 10g nano mostly to get my frag racks out of my main tank.

Appreciate all the help.

 

[Sleeping Giant]

Looks like it was trying to catch fish to eat. Are you sure it's a fighting conch

 

[Tired]

Cone snails don't catch fish by jumping wildly around on the sand. That would scare the fish away. You can see in the video, they catch prey by sneaking up on it.

 

[ying yang]

Looks like it was trying to catch fish to eat. Are you sure it's a fighting conch

Very interesting video but im certain as can be my conch just a tiger conch or could call it a strawberry lipped or something similar and never seen that thing it sticks out to inject venom into the fish.
Mine was wrestling with the hermit 100% and hermit was the aggressor trying to get conch after split them up while conch jumping away and it seems op conch doing same,just op only seen conch jumping to safety but again thats very interesting video,thanks for sharing,nature absoloutely amazing ( scary but amazing ha ha )

 

[ying yang]

The hermit went to a lfs today.

I hate going to the lfs I ended up buying another tank.. only went to drop it off.

I couldn't find the 2nd conch so ended up stripping the system only to find it absolutely fine.. been a long day

That's crazy how 2 of us had same issue with 24 hrs freeky moon maybe.

Both my conchs are in my fuge giving that a clean and give them some chill out time from everything else in the display.

Now at least once the new tank is cycled I will have a place to put stuff if it ever happens again. Just bought a little 10g nano mostly to get my frag racks out of my main tank.

Appreciate all the help.

Ha ha went to lfs to give hermit away and buy a tank,thats funny ^_^
But yeah having an extra system to use for whatever is useful,never know what may need it for.

 

[Sleeping Giant]

Very interesting video but im certain as can be my conch just a tiger conch or could call it a strawberry lipped or something similar and never seen that thing it sticks out to inject venom into the fish.
Mine was wrestling with the hermit 100% and hermit was the aggressor trying to get conch after split them up while conch jumping away and it seems op conch doing same,just op only seen conch jumping to safety but again thats very interesting video,thanks for sharing,nature absoloutely amazing ( scary but amazing ha ha )

I had one of these... didn't know until all my fish were devoured