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Sand, or fine gravel on the bottom of an aquarium, or a screen cage is ideal. You need to keep the cage temperature at least at 72 degrees Fahrenheit. The humidity level is best a 70%. The habitat for you hermit crab should have a moist warm feel, this will keep the gills of the hermit crab in check. Keep a spray bottle of fresh water handy and periodically spray your hermit crab habitat with it.
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What other creatures live in the hermit crabs habitat?
I think that shrimp live with the hermit crabs.
Does pet smart sell hermit crabs?
yes
What stores sell hermit crabs?
Pet stores
Are hermit crabs decreasing or increasing?
the wild populations of land hermit crabs are decreasing because of people collecting them for the pet business :(
Can a pet land hermit crab be placed back by the ocean and left to survive?
ONLY if the setting or location is ACTUALLY its natural environment. Hermit crabs live in tropical places, on the shoreline and first row of trees by the ocean. If you live in the Caribbean, and see other hermit crabs living by themselves in the wild, then PLEASE free the poor guy and return him to his natural habitat! ALL hermit crabs from pet shops were caught in the wild, it is nearly impossible for pet stores to successfully breed hermit crabs in captivity.
What is the habitat of a hermit crab?
For land hermit crabs: Tropical or sub-tropical beaches/jungles. For marine hermit crabs: Oceas, seas, tidepools, beaches of all latitudes.
Do hermit crabs use snail shells?
not pet hermit crabs... they are too weak and fragile to keep the hermit crab save although wild hermit crabs might use them the would be sea snails which have harder shells
Were can you get hermit crabs and hermit crab tanks?
You can buy hermit crabs at stores such as Petco. They have many hermit crabs things to meet your needs.
Can hermit crabs live outside?
yes but in a appropiat habitat like the beach
What is the best food you can get for a hermit crab?
Try giving it algea sheets. its the food that is available in the natural habitat of hermit crabs
Do your hermit crabs get water?
What I do for my hermit crabs is I take a shallow hermit crab dish (found at pet stores), fill it with fresh NATURAL SPRING WATER (all other water will kill crabs. trust me!), and put in a hermit crab sponge (also found at pet stores). This way they can pleasantly have their NATURAL SPRING WATER (remember that!) without drowning.
How long do pet hermit crabs last for?
usually two or three years
