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Old October 14th 06, 06:59 PM posted to rec.aquaria.marine.reefs
TheRock
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Any pictures ?

"Cindy" wrote in message
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I just got to see the coolest thing! I have an anemone crab in my 8-gal.
hex. Dumped a few new empty shells in there tonight for the various
hermits, and he found one he likes. Fiddled around with one for a long
time, then I put another one in there because it's a big larger, and he
took a quick look and slid right in, then proceeded to start peeling his
anemones off his old shell. There were two little ones that he put under
his belly on the edge of the shell, and now he's working on two bigger
ones. The little ones peeled right off, then stuck right back on the new
shell. Getting the larger ones off seems to involve irritating them so bad
for so long that they let go.

He and his anemones are shades of pink, white and cream. His old shell
was green, but the new one is white with tan and pink. He'll be so well
dressed!