What do hermit crabs do at night?

snapshots taken automatically every 10 seconds with an infrared-sensitive camera using a program called 'motion'

More on motion here: http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/WebHome

The two big crabs are Martin and Immanuel. The medium-sized crabs are Armando and Rogelio. The itsy-bitsy crab is Sol.

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• hermit
• crabs
• time
• lapse
• motion
• infrared
• Martin
• Immanuel
• Armando
• Rogelio
• Sol

[nanpanini]

Very amazing, btw, I think it's hard to keep real plants in the tank with hermies, too risky with mold and bugs, you're better off with the fake plants

[keynell4]

@nanpanini The plants in the video are fake plants. You're right about using real plants, though.

[s84531241998]

Wil hermit crabs be okay at night with no light on?

[keynell4]

@s84531241998 They'll be fine, provided that the tank is warm & humid enough for them.

[tom3999]

sorry dude, its day to them, you left the uv light on lol.

[keynell4]

@tom3999 It wasn't a UV light, but rather a heat bulb coated in a film that filters everything but red & infrared light. The camera is sensitive to the infrared spectrum, which is why it appears so bright.

[TwilightFanpire9]

haha my crabs always wake me up at night cuz i have like half rock half sand in my tank and the rocks always crunch when they walk around

[csslsd]

thats so awesome

[jubearsun]

my hermit crab tank is in my room. my one hermit crab (the other died) makes SO much noise at night its hard to believe its only just him in there

[Veevid4u]

Now I have some images when I hear the little noises my hermit crab makes at night. Good time lapse, BTW.

[hermitcrabgurl101]

oh wow.....

[killetz9909]

nice vid

[killetz9909]

hehehe

[Mudga235]

they r nocturnal

[AlleyBaisden]

my crab is like a he/she, i named ir gaga.!

but, it is a boy, only with girl shells.!

[AwesomeLegoMaster]

i only have 4 of them (one died while molting D:) but they are so loud at night cause i have this big piece of coral they climb on and sometimes they fall and their shells clunk the glass.

[CandyCaneCoral]

1:19 the crab in the plant was like "super spy crab!" *mission impossible music plays* "Oh shoot! I'm slipping they see me! I'll roll over there!" xD

It looked like he was on a roller coaster O_O

[kincachuWarrior]

thats cool i have a 10 gallon with two crabs