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01-03-2008, 03:02 PM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Mexico City Age: 30
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 |  Astrea Snail Killer!!
This is the second Astrea Snail this guy has killed to rob his shell!!! Should I add empty shells for my hermits? Where can I get them? Thanks!  | 
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01-03-2008, 03:41 PM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Orlando,Fl.
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yea add shells saltwaterfish.com selss empty shells or you can try your lfs if they have any rarely tho. | |
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01-03-2008, 04:33 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: niles, ohio Age: 32
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I added some when i had that problem...my lfs has a ton of them... thats were i got mine from.. | |
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01-04-2008, 08:46 AM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
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Thanks! gonna get some. | |
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01-04-2008, 08:57 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 44
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That is a common occurence, especially with blue-leg crabs(hermits). They do that in their search for a larger shell to call home!
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01-04-2008, 08:59 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
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Originally Posted by artrichter001  This is the second Astrea Snail this guy has killed to rob his shell!!! Should I add empty shells for my hermits? Where can I get them? Thanks! | Nice picture. I've kept lefthanded hermits in the past and they can get pretty big so make sure you get a variety of shell sizes for that bugger 
Last edited by amcarrig; 01-04-2008 at 10:01 AM.
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01-04-2008, 09:26 AM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Mexico City Age: 30
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Yeah, these guys get pretty big. I also have a few of these ones, seem to be a lot less agressive:  | |
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01-04-2008, 09:33 AM
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| | Clown Trigger
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: joliet,il Age: 41
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yup, more shells | |
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01-04-2008, 09:39 AM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Newtown, PA Age: 21
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I put the bad hermit crabs in the refugium. _________ 120 gallon mixed reef, 30 gallon refugium, two 250 watt Phoenix 14K DE metal halides in Lumenarc stealth reflectors, Two 48" T-5's in TEK II reflectors, AquaC EV-120 protein skimmer, Mag Drive 12 return pump, one Hydor Koralia 4
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