I know hermits or any crabs can be opportunistic.
For 5 months 0 deaths of anything but first morning i notice hermit shell with no crab in it but think halloween could eaten it or it just changed shells or died so give it benefit of doubt.
Few days later i notice halloween hermit on back of tuxedo urchin just dangling ( 1st/2nd pics) so think urchins again just picking crabs up but then halloween crab turns itself around and starts eating urchin.
And about 1 hour ago notice urchin with halloween crab next to it 2 times see halloweens claws grab tentacle or spine from urchin so push crab from urchin and think i will get some frozen marine mix and feed the halloween with coral feeder like i do 1-2 times per day since buy it but then nassarious snails come alive from sand bed and 2 of them go towards crabby and try take some food so naughty crabby flips one of them over and starts eating the snail (3rd pic) so knock snail out of crabs grasp and crab darts over to snail so knock crab away then i look snail and now it attached to the urchin ha ha.(4th pic)
So spent 10 minutes moving all small rocks around in my sump so halloween hermit can climb up and down and have access to 5 out of my 7 chambers then think this not good idea as ato in last chamber.
So decided can stay in middle chamber where skimmer is.
But my question is has anyone experienced a halloween climb up any power coords in sump and come out the water for little bit ?
As i read they can stay out water a bit aslong as their gills are damp and wouldnt want it to climb up power coord of skimmer and along top ledge/brace in my sump then down power coord to my ato and before i know it all the water in my ato drum pumped into sump and everything in tank is dead because salinity so low lol all because a £4.50 hermit pffft
So know need decide if hermit will stay in sump and buy some cheap white light so hermit has a night and a day or just give back to lfs.
Tia for any replys^_^
For 5 months 0 deaths of anything but first morning i notice hermit shell with no crab in it but think halloween could eaten it or it just changed shells or died so give it benefit of doubt.
Few days later i notice halloween hermit on back of tuxedo urchin just dangling ( 1st/2nd pics) so think urchins again just picking crabs up but then halloween crab turns itself around and starts eating urchin.
And about 1 hour ago notice urchin with halloween crab next to it 2 times see halloweens claws grab tentacle or spine from urchin so push crab from urchin and think i will get some frozen marine mix and feed the halloween with coral feeder like i do 1-2 times per day since buy it but then nassarious snails come alive from sand bed and 2 of them go towards crabby and try take some food so naughty crabby flips one of them over and starts eating the snail (3rd pic) so knock snail out of crabs grasp and crab darts over to snail so knock crab away then i look snail and now it attached to the urchin ha ha.(4th pic)
So spent 10 minutes moving all small rocks around in my sump so halloween hermit can climb up and down and have access to 5 out of my 7 chambers then think this not good idea as ato in last chamber.
So decided can stay in middle chamber where skimmer is.
But my question is has anyone experienced a halloween climb up any power coords in sump and come out the water for little bit ?
As i read they can stay out water a bit aslong as their gills are damp and wouldnt want it to climb up power coord of skimmer and along top ledge/brace in my sump then down power coord to my ato and before i know it all the water in my ato drum pumped into sump and everything in tank is dead because salinity so low lol all because a £4.50 hermit pffft
So know need decide if hermit will stay in sump and buy some cheap white light so hermit has a night and a day or just give back to lfs.
Tia for any replys^_^