Traveling Xenia

[jasontammy]

You guys should get a kick out of this. A little crab in our tank recently upgraded his shell. Whenever I make a frag of Xenia or Anthelia, I like to put it on a seashell or something that looks more natural than a frag plug. The last time he upgraded, he picked up a shell with a frag of blue xenia on it.

He's having a fun little crab time, but the xenia doesn't seem to be enjoying the ride so much.

Video
http://s615.photobucket.com/albums/tt239/finsandfrags/?action=view&current=PICT0773.flv

Photo

Tammy

 

[zaozao]

Nice pic Tammy

 

[jasontammy]

I got so lucky with that one. You can even see the little fuzzies on his legs.

 

[LovenBama]

video is just too cute

 

[iLLwiLL]

what kind of hermit is that? theres tons of them in a river just off the atlantic by my house. I picked up a couple but someone told me they will eventually eat corals so put them back mid - quarantine.

~Will.

 

[scubalauren]

That's so funny. We were talking about doing that to a snail shell at CARC once. Kidding of course!!

 

[hermitcrab3]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15353760#post15353760 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by iLLwiLL
what kind of hermit is that? theres tons of them in a river just off the atlantic by my house. I picked up a couple but someone told me they will eventually eat corals so put them back mid - quarantine.

~Will.

Yah, It looks like the one's I inherited. The biggest one is in a 4" long shell. They were given to me by someone who picked em up somewhere off the Gulf of Mexico.

 

[jasontammy]

He's smaller than he looks in the picture, maybe 3/4". He came off the beach in South Carolina; I really don't know what kind he is. Pretty well behaved little guy - pretty much just cleans the corals and sand, and doesn't try to eat snails. Eventually he'll get too big and we'll trade him off, but for now he's not a troublemaker.