Is this normal for a hermit crab ???

[xxxAngeloxxx]

So when I walked in I'm from work and saw my hermit climbing on the overflow. I was like what the fu*** lol I've seen this going on for a while so I thought it would stop but it hasn't. Does my hermit crab need help? I don't want to pay for consoling lol

 

[xxxAngeloxxx]

Any one?

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

Think that hermit needs a beating !!!

 

[4Fish]

Maybe your water quality is bad and he is looking for better digs. Just kidding, that is weird. Had you had the crab in the tank for awhile, or is it new? If the crab is new maybe it is a species that does not want to be submerged.

 

[xxxAngeloxxx]

Think that hermit needs a beating !!!

Why? I think he's just special lol

 

[xxxAngeloxxx]

Maybe your water quality is bad and he is looking for better digs. Just kidding, that is weird. Had you had the crab in the tank for awhile, or is it new? If the crab is new maybe it is a species that does not want to be submerged.

The crab isn't new he's been with me for almost a year now. He's the biggest crab in the tank.

 

[jcs11236]

Mine hermits do it all the time. Cliff hangers.

 

[xxxAngeloxxx]

Mine hermits do it all the time. Cliff hangers.

Really? To a point were they want to commit suicided from the tank?

 

[jcs11236]

I have a mag float rock hanging on the back. They seem to climb up there and molt. Some just climb up the back wall and just jump. Lol

 

[xxxAngeloxxx]

Omg this little guy climbed up the tong rock and lipped over to the overflow to start to climb lol. Smart little guy lol

 

[troywalkerphoto]

There maybe a higher concentration of algae and detritus in the overflow. I have had crabs and snails climb in and feast!

 

[reefer4eva]

There maybe a higher concentration of algae and detritus in the overflow. I have had crabs and snails climb in and feast!

I was going to say the same thing....mine got caught up in the return pump ,I thought my tank was going to explode!the noise that came out of that pump was bone wrenching

 

[beerfish]

Hermit BASE jumping... It's all the rage these days.

 

[xxxAngeloxxx]

I was going to say the same thing....mine got caught up in the return pump ,I thought my tank was going to explode!the noise that came out of that pump was bone wrenching

I doubt it would ever get caught on overflow and go to the return pump. It's shell is the size of a nickel. Which the hole of the overflow where it sucks in the water is the size of a penny.

 

[reefer4eva]

I had a 28 nano with the overflow in the center with a few missing fingers so I could have a power head on the back wall...the previous owner of the tank had it setup that way,and by the way there are smaller hermit crabs than the size your talking about.

 

[xxxAngeloxxx]

I had a 28 nano with the overflow in the center with a few missing fingers so I could have a power head on the back wall...the previous owner of the tank had it setup that way,and by the way there are smaller hermit crabs than the size your talking about.

True but my hermits know better once they make it over the overflow good luck coming back home lol.

 

[jjkim]

my hermit crabs does this also
they would just climb and sometimes just stays on the wall for hours

 

[al0ha]

im sure hes not cuz hes been living in the tank for a year already but he looks like a land species esp with that oversized pincer

 

[dacebrown]

i think what you got is land hermit crab .. when is small they stay in water then they grow a little bigger they want to go to the land and just chill ..

 

[Gabe]

Misunderstood .....