SOS Hermit

Mr31415 · 01/03/2008, 02:27 AM

I had to put my carpet anemone temporarily in my 180g tank... Fortunately it was fixed to the egg crate I had at the bottom of my other tank, so removal was easy. I placed him between some rocks to help prevent it from attaching to the rocks, since I had to remove him a couple days later. But this nomad hermit did not think that the foot of an anemone can be just as sticky as the top.... I had to rescue him after being captured like that for 8 hours.

stevelkaneval · 01/03/2008, 05:22 AM

haha, nice. what kind of hermit is that?

Mr31415 · 01/03/2008, 05:29 AM

Blue Knuckled Hermit (Calcinus elegans) I believe

Link here...

IceWish · 01/03/2008, 07:06 AM

i always wondered if they would eventually come out of their shell after being stuck for a very very long time...I guess we will never know.

ozyreefa · 01/03/2008, 08:47 AM

hermit crabs will come out if stuck. I found this out because one morning i found the largest of my hermits naked and ripped to peices on the floor of my tank, i could not work out why it was out of its shell and i could also not see his shell anywhere. After a day or so i eventually found his shell pinned between two rocks and the glass at the back of the tank and then i remembered that the day before my hermit died i had re-arranged the rock in that particular section of the tank and un knowingly pinned him there. There were a heap of spare shells on the otherside of the tank but unfortunately he had to go straight through the lair of my pair of rather aggressive copperand shrimps to get to them, which is where i found his body. Anyone else had something like this happen to them?

01/03/2008, 02:27 AM	#1
Mr31415 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Surrey, Canada Posts: 1,926	SOS Hermit I had to put my carpet anemone temporarily in my 180g tank... Fortunately it was fixed to the egg crate I had at the bottom of my other tank, so removal was easy. I placed him between some rocks to help prevent it from attaching to the rocks, since I had to remove him a couple days later. But this nomad hermit did not think that the foot of an anemone can be just as sticky as the top.... I had to rescue him after being captured like that for 8 hours.

01/03/2008, 05:22 AM	#2
stevelkaneval Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: oshkosh wisconsin Posts: 633	haha, nice. what kind of hermit is that? __________________ "I live too serve you lord Megatron." "Were is the cube?" "The humans have taken it." "You fail me yet again Star Scream, get them." Current Tank Info: 20 long,korilia 1,and small ph,aquaclear70 moded fuge,coralife pc's,aqualight flouresent,seaclone skimmer,35lbs lr,green mushrooms and red and blue,and dragon eye zoas,assorted hermit crabs,nassarius snails,turbo snail,

01/03/2008, 08:47 AM	#5
ozyreefa Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 82	hermit crabs will come out if stuck. I found this out because one morning i found the largest of my hermits naked and ripped to peices on the floor of my tank, i could not work out why it was out of its shell and i could also not see his shell anywhere. After a day or so i eventually found his shell pinned between two rocks and the glass at the back of the tank and then i remembered that the day before my hermit died i had re-arranged the rock in that particular section of the tank and un knowingly pinned him there. There were a heap of spare shells on the otherside of the tank but unfortunately he had to go straight through the lair of my pair of rather aggressive copperand shrimps to get to them, which is where i found his body. Anyone else had something like this happen to them? __________________ umm like fish an stuff Current Tank Info: 70 gallon reef tank, 80w actinic, 80w tri-phos, 250w MH, 40 gallon sump using coral rubble only, modified queen ts-2000 skimmer, 40kg live rock, 2x750 L/ph powerheads at opposing corners, main return pump 4500L/ph

01/03/2008, 05:29 AM	#3
Mr31415 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Surrey, Canada Posts: 1,926	Blue Knuckled Hermit (Calcinus elegans) I believe Link here...

01/03/2008, 07:06 AM	#4
IceWish Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Main Tank Fingering Frags Posts: 117	i always wondered if they would eventually come out of their shell after being stuck for a very very long time...I guess we will never know.