SuncrestReef Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 "Lefty", my biggest hermit crab, is outgrowing his current turbo snail shell. It's about 1" diameter, so I'm hoping to find an empty shell about 1.25" - 1.5" diameter for him. Anyone have a spare shell roughly that size? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil&Fin Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 I'll check today, John. I literally have a box of them so I have to think I there is something in there around that size. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxkenny90xx Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 I'm in the same boat with Tamatoa (formerly known as Harold), my giant, he has been eating his shell to make it more spacious and I can't seem to find him one 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil&Fin Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Any of these work?Sent from my SM-G928P using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuncrestReef Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share Posted April 30, 2020 1 minute ago, Gil&Fin said: Any of these work? I bet the 3 smallest ones would be good candidates. Fashion-wise, he's pretty flamboyant so I bet that bright pink one catches his eye! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil&Fin Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Haha! Well you can take whichever ones work best with his wardrobe. You can take a larger size too, for when he has a "fat day" and just wants to be comfortable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil&Fin Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 @xxkenny90xx, you are welcome to whatever John doesn't take. I'm in southwest Portland near Washington Square. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxkenny90xx Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 12 minutes ago, Gil&Fin said: @xxkenny90xx, you are welcome to whatever John doesn't take. I'm in southwest Portland near Washington Square. I appreciate that but my search will continue. Tamatoa need something a bit bigger. Like a conch shell between the size of a grapefruit and a cantaloupe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 27 minutes ago, xxkenny90xx said: I appreciate that but my search will continue. Tamatoa need something a bit bigger. Like a conch shell between the size of a grapefruit and a cantaloupe Tell him he needs to lay off the steroids... yeeesh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxkenny90xx Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 55 minutes ago, albertareef said: Tell him he needs to lay off the steroids... yeeesh. I have a large rock in his tank, like 12" long by 6-8" tall and he flips it over like it's nothing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuncrestReef Posted June 15, 2021 Author Share Posted June 15, 2021 Bump... Lefty has outgrown his shell again, so I'm again looking for shells about 1.5" - 2" diameter. If anyone has some empty shells to spare, my turbo snails will thank you since Lefty keeps eying them. 😬 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil&Fin Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Any of these work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuncrestReef Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 11 minutes ago, Gil&Fin said: Any of these work? I bet he'd be interested in these three: PM me with your availability, or just leave them outside your door and I can pick them up. Thanks!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 On 6/15/2021 at 7:10 PM, SuncrestReef said: I bet he'd be interested in these three: Yeah but is the color "right"? When you have a fashionista for a crab, you need to think about these things! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuncrestReef Posted June 18, 2021 Author Share Posted June 18, 2021 23 minutes ago, albertareef said: Yeah but is the color "right"? When you have a fashionista for a crab, you need to think about these things! He carefully inspected each of the new shells for several hours, but in the end he didn't change shells. What's funny is today one of the snails he was harassing last week is riding around on the back of Lefty's shell today. Smart snail...Can't steal my shell if you can't reach it! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunpeal Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 One idea is to 3d print shells at different scales. Could make some funny things. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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