Had two matings in my tank today. :)

Post by **wodesorel** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 2:19 am

Goji had a lady pinned and no one was even trying to get in on that action. You can just see her peeking out from between his legs:

The other ones were up in the shell shop. I originally saw them going at each other and couldn't figure out why, since there are no new crabs and I've never seen any of them fight like this over a shell, and then I realized there was a lady tucked under the one on the left and he wasn't letting anyone near her, or letting her go anywhere, either!

I always feel sorry for the gals. It's like Fifty Shades of Red up in that tank when the boys get started...

Anyway, I got a video of the boys fighting. They were seriously duking it out, and while they had plenty of chances to end it, they just kept picking on the other until it started up again. You can see that medium attempt to get in on that action and then hastily reconsider!

Youtube: https://youtu.be/r9_iZtwX-lQ

CallaLily · Post by **CallaLily** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 7:41 am

Awesome! I can't see the video though.

smudge1017 · Post by **smudge1017** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 8:06 am

I wish I had a crabby mating how interesting! :crabbigsmile:

KellyCrabbieLove · Post by **KellyCrabbieLove** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 11:58 am

Really disturbs me to see anything going at it lol.

Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

Post by **wodesorel** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 12:20 pm

CallaLily wrote:Awesome! I can't see the video though.

I can't get it to play in Chrome either, though it worked last night. It works in IE.

CallaLily · Post by **CallaLily** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 12:24 pm

I'll try on the laptop. It's neat to see the boys duking it out. And a bit nerve racking.

Edit: Nope. This is what the page says when I click the link:

Sorry, something went wrong.

We're working on it and we'll get it fixed as soon as we can.

Post by **wodesorel** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 2:01 pm

I don't understand technology...

Anyway, here it is on Youtube: https://youtu.be/r9_iZtwX-lQ

And yes, that's real time. They are moving that fast.

Post by **wodesorel** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 2:04 pm

KellyCrabbieLove wrote:Really disturbs me to see anything going at it lol.

I was trying to figure out why they were doing it before I broke them up. They were in an easy to watch spot and I could get to them fast if it got really ugly. I don't like to leave tempers flaring when I can't be there to sit and watch. Honestly, I kept waiting for one to get the upper hand and for it to be over, but they would sort of move off a bit, and then one - both the winner or looser! - would go for the other again. It was so weird!

KellyCrabbieLove · Post by **KellyCrabbieLove** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 2:15 pm

Determined little boogers

Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

CallaLily · Post by **CallaLily** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 2:39 pm

Neat! Thanks for putting it up on YouTube.

That's a lot like how Cinnamon and Collins were. They wouldn't back down for long. No one ever got hurt though.

Post by **wodesorel** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 3:22 pm

And I just thought to look in on them and both the males still have the ladies pinned down....

HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Had two matings in my tank today. :)

Had two matings in my tank today. :)

Re: Had two matings in my tank today. :)

Re: Had two matings in my tank today. :)

Re: Had two matings in my tank today. :)

Re: Had two matings in my tank today. :)

Re: Had two matings in my tank today. :)

Re: Had two matings in my tank today. :)

Re: Had two matings in my tank today. :)

Re: Had two matings in my tank today. :)

Re: Had two matings in my tank today. :)

Re: Had two matings in my tank today. :)