Hermit crab thread #1

[EvolutionZ]

Originally Posted by .Hack

So most of the big LFS like Seaview and Polyart sell these sudo salt you mentioned earlier?
And you mentioned need to put both fresh and salt water for the Hermit Crabs, is that a must? Cannot just put fresh water?
I can just buy marine salt to mix with water instead of buying salt water from LFS?
Thanx for all the clarification.

1) most lfs should carry the sudo bottom sand. i bought mine from y618, c328 also have them.

2) yes. it is a must to have both fresh and salt water for them. providing either only 1 will lead to their death. you can also buy marine salt but they often come in big packages.. so for me, salt water is easier.

[jPoPbOl]

wow alot of works to be done on them

[EvolutionZ]

Originally Posted by jPoPbOl

wow alot of works to be done on them

actually ok la. first set up need to get more things done, other than that, just everyday, top up their water. and feed new food. no other maintenance needed. maybe once per 2 weeks, change the lay out abit so the crabs wont get too bored.

[bettafantastic]

Last time i also keep before, but not freshwater..

[EvolutionZ]

Originally Posted by bettafantastic

Last time i also keep before, but not freshwater..

marine hermits can take out play with it ma? freshwater one can. let it crawl around your hand very cute. time to keep freshwater one liao

[EvolutionZ]

An additional way to keep your crabs (and the crabitat) healthy is to mist the tank! misting keeps the humidity high and crabs love it too. keeping the sand moist is important too.

i use a mister bought from daiso to mist the tank once in a while. it sends any lazy hermits to go into a frenzy!

[.Hack]

Originally Posted by EvolutionZ

1) most lfs should carry the sudo bottom sand. i bought mine from y618, c328 also have them.

2) yes. it is a must to have both fresh and salt water for them. providing either only 1 will lead to their death. you can also buy marine salt but they often come in big packages.. so for me, salt water is easier.

Means you buy salt water from LFS then store in a bottle for future use?

[EvolutionZ]

Originally Posted by .Hack

Means you buy salt water from LFS then store in a bottle for future use?

yes. $1 can get u a rather large bag. probably around 5 - 8L worth. i only need a 10 - 20ml a day so i only store 1 1.5L and a 500ml bottle for easier use. probably can last me a month or 2 before i need to buy the water again. the smallest pack of ocean salt i can find is 2kg. which is way too much for my crabs now though...

[bettafantastic]

Originally Posted by EvolutionZ

marine hermits can take out play with it ma? freshwater one can. let it crawl around your hand very cute. time to keep freshwater one liao

Yea, anyway that hermit crab was from a canal, require brackish water.
Freshwater one is cute but currently no time to keep

[lucas_1957]

Hi bro, i think it would be better to provide larger water dishes for your crabs. Because with such small water dishes the water will evaporate very quickly, and especially for salt water, the salinity will fluctuate a lot.

If you are worried that the crabs wont be able to climb out of the larger water dish, you can use the sand to make a gentle slope in the water dish.