Ugly fight. Advice?

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Ugly fight. Advice?

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My jumbo indo decided he liked big daddys shell and decided he was going to have it. They got in a fight while i wasn't home and I found the my indo rippe off big daddys fighting claw and a leg. I put him in his own iso and he's been in there maybe 5days? he's in a 10 gallon with eco earth, a cave, fake plants, food, water, and a fake log to climb on. Temp and humidity are good aswell. I'm also asking if when I put him back in the main tank what should I watch out for other than aggressive behavior from him? Would big daddy hide away or stress out? I'm concerned for his sake as he only has a feeding claw and 3legs and his shell (I guess he found another one after his was takin. Thanks
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Re: Ugly fight. Advice?

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Keep Big Daddy isolated until he moults and regenerates part of his claw and leg. I wouldn't return him back in the main tank any time soon. He's probably very frightened at the moment.
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Ok thank you Wai, and as for Rex my indo what do I do with him? and how can I prevent anymore situations like this? I have many shells in there about 4 just for my in do the others each have 3 because they are the same size. I have 3 crabs in there but the one likes to stay dug down and rarely ever comes up.
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I'm not sure what to do with him. Can hermit crabs be tamed? Probably not. You could isolate Rex too, but if he ever gets interested in the shells that other crabs are wearing, he will attack them eventually.
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how can I prevent anymore situations like this? I have many shells in there about 4 just for my in do the others each have 3 because they are the same size.
Offer more shells, it appears that he is not happy with the selection for some reason. Or one can also attempt to trick the hermies by boiling the shells and re-offering them to remove the scent from them so they think they are new ones. But even with that, if none are comfy he may still become aggressive.
But a few years ago King Kong became aggressive with his 2 brothers. (my at the time jumbo's) For the 3 there were about 20 shells, but he was pms'y and just being crabby. Once in iso he was fine and bunkered down for 2 weeks and molted. Once he recovered, he was the sweet loving King Kong he was prior to becoming pms'y.

Edited to add: That was the first time he had done that, and has never done it since?
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I am ordering some jumbo shells from one of my step-fathers friends that owns a saltwater pet shop so I will see what I can get my hands on :) thanks ladybug
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I highly recommend plenty of seaweed, high protein foods and calcium, etc as he now nutrition is even more important since he has limbs to grow back. I had a crab that came up with only 3 legs, no pincers, and he went down to molt within 2 weeks, 3 weeks after that he had all his legs and claws! Smaller, which was adorable, but all there! I had made sure he got lots of really fresh foods and seaweed sources EVERY day, as well as protein and calcium and chitin.
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Re: Ugly fight. Advice?

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Wow thats reallly cool!!! I'll try that to and see if he goes down to molt.
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