Crab needs a home

BMMMW · Jul 5, 2016

Can someone please tell/show me the shell this lite guy needs? His mom abandoned him in the old shell and he was just hanging in there.

Shep · Jul 5, 2016

Poor little buddy! [HASHTAG]#reefsquad[/HASHTAG] any thoughts?

Robink · Jul 5, 2016

is it a hermit crab?

BMMMW · Jul 5, 2016

I believe so, but I am no expert. I think it's a baby version of this...

Robink · Jul 5, 2016

You can probably get some empty hermit shells at your lfs for free. Just put them right by him and he'll move right in.

melypr1985 · Jul 5, 2016

If it's a hermit, then just about any shell should do. You can probably go to your LFS and ask for some empty snail shells. We have them all the time and I usually make up betta cups with an assortment of them to sell for a $1. Just dump them in there with him and let him choose.

BMMMW · Jul 5, 2016

Thanks for the advice. I'll report back. I have plenty of shells.

BMMMW · Jul 5, 2016

Now we wait....any bets?

Just kidding about the bets.

Roboson · Jul 5, 2016

The ones on the right are far to large for him. Do you have smaller shells?

Also are you sure that's even a hermit lol. I've never actually seen one leave its shell.

BMMMW · Jul 5, 2016

That's the smallest I've got. And no, I'm not sure about the type of crab it is. He was much smaller and I moved him in a huge shell over to one of my nano tanks. After 3 months, he decided to venture out. Until now I've only seen his big claw.

Robink · Jul 5, 2016

So he's been without a shell for three months? Might not be a hermit.

BMMMW · Jul 5, 2016

He was inside a much bigger shell

Roboson · Jul 5, 2016

Can you get a better picture of him? Maybe a head on photo?

rebekwl · Jul 7, 2016

I'm not sure that's a hermit. The one's I've seen out of their shells look much different, like creepy naked spiders

It almost looks like a tiny pistol shrimp to me. Pretty cool!!

Catchemall · Jul 7, 2016

What leads me to believe it some sort of pistol shrimp is you said "until now I've only seen his big claw".

DracoKat · Jul 7, 2016

I am thinking shrimp too. I've seen my crabs switch shells (wish I could find the video I made long ago of it!). and it looks nothing like that. So yea.. I think a shrimp

kireek · Jul 16, 2016

I looks like a pistol shrimp to me.Does it exhibit any rubble moving behavior? Sometimes one can hear their snapping noise .Even for a distance from outside the tank.