HUGE electric blue hermit crab.

[alzika]

He's in a conch shell (queen conch shell, I believe). The shell has to be at least 3 inches long. He's probably 1.5 inches wide ad when he flips himself over on accident and has to come out to flip back over, I estimate his length at 2.5 inches.

I'm going to have to epoxy the rest of my rock so he doesnt knock anything over. I'm 50% done in that department.

[Octoshark]

Got a pic to share?

[eggerstout]

that's unusual for an electric blue to be that big from my experience

[Palpatine]

I walked into an LFS in Sydney a few years ago and they had a hermit crab the size of a basketball. I was a bit saddened to see it there crammed into a small tank with nothing in it, but it was still pretty cool.

[alzika]

Here's a pic with a dollar bill next to it for comparison. Note, the conch shell is turned sideways so it appears smaller than the width of the bill.

http://cs.clemson.edu/~mboylen/electric.jpg

[alzika]

How big do these things get?

[alzika]

Anyone? I need to know if I need to find a bigger shell in case he moves.

[alzika]

bump :)

[romsoccer12]

glad to see another giant electric blue!
mines around 3-4 inches

[Scooter902]

Thats sweet i wish you could get a better pic.

[gacon711]

Anyone? I need to know if I need to find a bigger shell in case he moves.

Yes if you want him to grow bigger