Land hermit terrarium

**Justikanz** · 14th Dec 2005, 00:51

Hmm... More pictures of my hermits...

Drinking water...

Eating carrot...

Attempting to climb away...

Peek-a-boo!

My, what big eyes you have...

**Thirteen** · 14th Dec 2005, 05:28

hmm.. i would like to know if the hermit tank of urs will emit a crab smell.. those "Giam Hhe" smell...

i cant stand those smell..if got then i think i cant keep them..lol

**Justikanz** · 14th Dec 2005, 10:04

Hmm... Dun think so leh... Their tank quite dry, except for the water dish... Which they are constantly trying to have the water drained...

Talking about that, I have to shift the water dish liao! Every night, the dish would be empty cos they will dig around the dish and throw the dry moss into the dish, drawing the water out and into the substrate... And with the dug out pebbles also thrown into the dish, the water is displaced faster... So angry with them... But I like their activity... Shows that they are kept busy, active and healthy...

Ok, back to the smell. The 'giam hhe' smell should be the shit smell, right? I noticed that my skink tank smell rather like that and it is the shit that smells... The hermit shit is seldom seen and dun smell... At least so far, they dun smell...

**Thirteen** · 14th Dec 2005, 22:09

omg... but they are pretty living dwellers from wad u describe..hehe...

**stormhawk** · 14th Dec 2005, 22:25

Thomas, I see you have two Coenobita species in the pictures? How do you differentiate rugosus from brevimanus? Is it via leg colours?

**avant** · 15th Dec 2005, 02:03

nice shots.. you made them look so inquisitive haa...

**valice** · 15th Dec 2005, 09:24

ur sigma macro is coming up with very beautiful pictures now! love the 1st picture... the blurring effect around it made ur hermit stand out... maybe can shift the focus sightly higher so that the shell is also focused instead of the branch...

can pm me wat settings u used?

**Justikanz** · 15th Dec 2005, 10:10

Originally Posted by stormhawk

Thomas, I see you have two Coenobita species in the pictures? How do you differentiate rugosus from brevimanus? Is it via leg colours?

JY, I primarily use size and colour... I labeled the first pic wrongly... It should be a rugosus and not a brevimanus... More detailed difference would be the shape (and colour) of the antennae, the size of the claws, the way they stay in their shell, colour and I think even the smoothness of the claws... I got mine from Taiwan, so that helps by cutting the species to about 3 to differentiate. Size and colour is a good medium for these 3 species to be differentiated.

Originally Posted by Thirteen

omg... but they are pretty living dwellers from wad u describe..hehe...

Originally Posted by avant

nice shots.. you made them look so inquisitive haa...

They are just being naturally inquisitive and active... Oh, one thing to note... They are mainly nocturnal and makes a lot of noise as their shells knock on the glass. They seem to enjoy knocking their shells against the tank glass!...

Originally Posted by valice

ur sigma macro is coming up with very beautiful pictures now! love the 1st picture... the blurring effect around it made ur hermit stand out... maybe can shift the focus sightly higher so that the shell is also focused instead of the branch...

Thanks, Vincent. I wanna focus on the eyes and legs... Which inevitably causes the branch to be in focus.

Anyway, I have not got a flash and dun wanna use the internal one as it will cause a light reflection on the glass, so cannot use a smaller aperture to get a bigger depth of field as many suggested. Thus, can only choose to focus on 1 point...

**semota** · 16th Dec 2005, 02:55

hey justin, just asking...my hermit just moulted his exoskeleton...he doesnt move about much these days..not drinking nor eating...he just keeps burying himself and hides in his shell all day...hibernation? Do they even hibernate?

**Justikanz** · 16th Dec 2005, 09:40

Justin? Justikanz is not Justin.

When mine shed his exoskeleton, it was hiding and burying itself in the soil for a couple of days. When you see it start to eat its old skin, you can probably remove the old skin, if you want to keep it and it will begin to explore around again...

Dun think they hibernate. They are naturally found no further than the tropics (at most Southern Japan)... No need to hibernate...

**bornwild** · 27th Dec 2005, 09:04

Originally Posted by Justikanz

Justin? Justikanz is not Justin.

When mine shed his exoskeleton, it was hiding and burying itself in the soil for a couple of days. When you see it start to eat its old skin, you can probably remove the old skin, if you want to keep it and it will begin to explore around again...

Dun think they hibernate. They are naturally found no further than the tropics (at most Southern Japan)... No need to hibernate...

hi.i new here..do u have any strawberry?i been lookin ard but dun have le..gt any shop u see gt strawberry?thk.

**stormhawk** · 27th Dec 2005, 10:02

bornwild, what exactly do you mean by strawberry? the thread's about hermit crabs, not strawberries.

Anyway, I last saw some at C328. Doubt they're still there.

**bornwild** · 27th Dec 2005, 10:32

hi ther..it strawberry land hermit crab,c from a website..it dark red in colour ..i oni hav light orange in colour..btw wher c328?in clementi?thk..

**avant** · 27th Dec 2005, 14:06

yup...c328 is near the clementi mrt.. block 328

**Justikanz** · 28th Dec 2005, 00:53

The strawberry LHC (Coenobita perlatus) is not very common... As it originates from Madagascar, Japan and even Australia and USA, rather than Indonesia, The Philippines and Taiwan, I doubt it will be seen in the trade... It look VERY pretty in the pics, though...

**bornwild** · 28th Dec 2005, 23:33

Originally Posted by Justikanz

The strawberry LHC (Coenobita perlatus) is not very common... As it originates from Madagascar, Japan and even Australia and USA, rather than Indonesia, The Philippines and Taiwan, I doubt it will be seen in the trade... It look VERY pretty in the pics, though...

ok ..thks man..hope to find it..heard tat u been to taipei..wher is e place ahh?i been once to danshui n oni can find e normal colour..can pm mi?thk..