halloween hermits
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Intricateart
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If they are like our blue legs they will choose either shell as they grow.
Keithcorals
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I've had one for over a year and he is still in the same shell. I never thought to offer him another cone shell. I'll have to find one for him to see if he is ready for an upgrade.
angel1237
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this is kind of up in the air with is it ok or not ok however...the only place I can get cone shells around here is at the dollar store...I am not sure if I should do that...I really wish I could...does anyone know if it is ok?
Squishie89
Glub Glub
My halloween hermit is friendly and showed me his body and back end. These guys have evolved/adjusted for cone shells as they are super flat. I put in 2 extra cone shells for him among the other hermit shells and he was only interested in the cone shells (but he didn't switch as I didn't get any big enough). Luckily a LFS sells cone snails and sometimes he gets empty shells that I can buy.
jporter17
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The halloween and blue knuckle hermits I've had seem to molt and retain the same shell. I will see them camped out in a acro or rock and then see their old body. Then a day or two later they are out roaming the tank again. They are in bigger shells and probably have plenty of room for the future. JP
Intricateart
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Your LFS should have those shells lying around on their tank bottoms from turbos that didn't make it. We have had many varieties of hermits and each has a preference for the type of shell found locally where they are from.
