all they've been doing since I separated them is sit in the same place, not doing anything. i guess they do that when they don't have any friends. my original crab has been buried deep for a few days, I think he might be molting. he could be destressing though too, right? crabitat conditions are just right, i even fed them shrimp yesterday, but I'm not sure they even ate any!
lol these crabs are frickin ridiculous. If getting new shells doesn't keep him from bullying the others I think I might have him for dinner (jk of course =p)
We haven't heard from you recently, llmercll - how're the crabs doing? Still bullying going on, or has the situation been resolved with your ISOing and new shells?
hey emmac im here, still waiting for the shells to arive =p
they still seem very docile. not much moving out of any of them. The big crab is iso'd and the small one and original one are staying together and doing fine. Hopefully once I get these shells I can reunite them and make their crabitat all nice again like it was =) right now its split in half
OK I got the shells, put them all on his side of the tank, and he immediatly switched out of it =)
he tried one on, and then switched to another...he's been in that one for a few hours now. I'm going to leave him in there overnight with all the shells, and then put them together again for the first time in weeks once hes had a day to shell shop.
Sound like a good idea? any other tips on what i can do to prevent any shell fights? hopefully him getting a new shell did it...he really didn't like his old one. I looked at it and it looked like there was a little hole in it =p
Sounds like that should do it. He may still want to try on the other shell, but hopefully now that he's got a good shell, he won't be beating up on your other little guy. Do ensure you bathe them both as part of the reintroduction so they smell the same after being apart for so long.
I think it worked!! both crabs involved changed shells immediately, then the two of them sat in a corner for about an hour just facing each other, playing with antennas. No shell fighting, no croaking, nothing! Afterwords, one dug in that corner, and the other in another, and now they are just chilling out, dug in a little.
I fed them some shrimp which I hear helps reduce aggression. but so far so good
Glad to hear it! It's always nice when things work out like that. Shrimp reducing aggression...if the aggression is due to inadequate levels of protein in their diet, it could reduce aggression...other than that, I'm not sure if it does. But hey - no fighting!
(jk of course =p)
