crab/Anemone Problems

[Connor]

hey i was wondering if anyone else had ever had an anemone attack themselves to a living hermit crab. The crab is probably about 1 inch in diameter and has 3 little anemones attached to it they appear to be alive but im not sure. Is their a way to save the anemones

[lletellier]

I can't help you but you should make a video that would be cool to see

[Connor]

i took some pictures that ill try to post but im having some trouble getting them on the computer

[Guest JasonD]

Are you sure those aren't aiptasia? You may want to get rid of them.

[lanman]

I have a little anemone (not aiptasia, not majano) that has been attached the back of a hermit for the last couple months in my frag tank. As much moving around as it did before it stuck to the crab, I have NO earthly idea why it stays there.

 

I have some pictures somewhere from the FIRST time it attached to a hermit - but it didn't stay long that time. One of these days I'll pry him off there, and drop him in my refugium, along with the other 'rejects'.

 

bob

[traveller7]

hey i was wondering if anyone else had ever had an anemone attack themselves to a living hermit crab. The crab is probably about 1 inch in diameter and has 3 little anemones attached to it they appear to be alive but im not sure. Is their a way to save the anemones

With some species of hermits, anemone decorative fare is quite intentional:

 

link to image:

http://www.reefimages.com/cgi-reefimages/p...mp;slide=42.jpg

 

link to a write up:

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cl...;articleid=2106

 

link to a better write up:

http://adc.aims.gov.au/nwhicreefs/cruise/c...ture/index.html

 

and for a target anemone species

http://www.whitney.ufl.edu/species/tri-colo.htm

[lanman]

With some species of hermits, anemone decorative fare is quite intentional:

 

link to image:

http://www.reefimages.com/cgi-reefimages/p...mp;slide=42.jpg

 

link to a write up:

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cl...;articleid=2106

 

link to a better write up:

http://adc.aims.gov.au/nwhicreefs/cruise/c...ture/index.html

 

and for a target anemone species

http://www.whitney.ufl.edu/species/tri-colo.htm

Well, I'll be... that's 'hermit crab anemone' looks almost identical to the one I have on my hermit!

 

bob

[Connor]

ill move the rest of my stuff from my nano to my 29 and then move the hermit to my 10 just in case. i looked at some of the web sites and the anemone things attaached to my hermit crab kind of resemble those hermit crab anemones. i took some pictures of it with my moms camera and ill try to post them as soon as i can.

[Connor]

today i found the anemone thing eating a snail ive been trying to put a picture on but i just cant get it to work any advice on putting pictures on or on my anemone thing

[lanman]

today i found the anemone thing eating a snail ive been trying to put a picture on but i just cant get it to work any advice on putting pictures on or on my anemone thing

Put the picture on photobucket.com (free). Create a link in here to it. Left BracketIMGRight Brackethttp:// . . .jpgLeftBracket/IMGRightBracket

 

The link you want is the one that starts with http:// and ends in .jpg. NO spaces.

 

bob