How do you take care of hermit crab larvae?

Answer 1

There are three possible answers here depending on the kind of crab.

1. If you purchased them at a boardwalk store then bring them home and follow the care guidelines outlined on www.crabstreetjournal.com

2. If you took land hermit crabs off the beach you can care for them much the same way but please know that personally harvesting land hermit crabs is illegal without a permit.

3. If you accidentally took marine hermit crabs out of the tide pools they need a very careful slat water setup, complete with live rock or else they will die.

Answer 2

its very, very hard to get them to reproduce in captivity. only the most wild-simulating hige enclosures have ever had crabs breed in them, and no one has gotten the babies to live into adulthood. they need a very special, really big reef tank. its nearly impossible for most hermit crab owners. if you really want to breed them, do lots of research and stuff, and good luck. srsly, you'll need it if you really want baby crabs.

Answer 3

There are a couple sites I would recommend:

www.hermitcrabs.com

crabbytalk.com

www.hermit-crab-care.com

The basics are this: you need a water bowl, sponges, water conditioner, rocks, shells of varying sizes, 'caves' of plastic or coconut, a shell or some bowl to put food in, food, a nice tank, a heat lamp, a hydrometer, and a thermometer. And most importantly, you need sand.

Use the water conditioner to, uh, condition the water to put in the water bowl. Put the sponge(s) in so the crabs can climb on (this is actually how they get their water).

The 'caves' are like a coconut shell cut in half with a little doorway.

Shells and rocks are for the hermit crabs to climb over. Just make sure you boil them first to remove all traces of outside bacteria!

The sand is very important. You could do rocks, but then the hermit crabs could not molt (change shells). They need to dig down into something, and gravel just doesn't work. Sand is needed, and bake that in an oven for a while to get rid of bacteria.

The tank should be kept humid and hot. You can get special hydrometers/thermometers that show desired ranges of each. The heat lamp can be turned on periodically.

The food should be ground into something like sand.

That's about it...... Oh, make sure to clean the tank often to keep the sand mites back!

Answer 4

For a starter, hermit crabs need 70-80% humidity, DISTILLED water(Tap water burns their modified gills), SEA salt dish(to help harden exoskeleton, Table salt will kill ur hermie),

Theres so much you need to know to make a great crabitat. Like you need coconut husk fiber substrate or sand, and it needs to be deeper than your biggest hermie. They eat all fruits and veggies but not limes and lemons. They also like egg shell, eggyolk, egg white, and dont feed them seasoned meats. They also love SEA salted nuts. Dont feed them people foods like twinkies, seasoned meats, soup, crackers, ect...

To learn all more about how to setup and maintain your tank, please follow the link below.

Answer 5

NEVER do that. the change of coming out of the ocean means that he will die in about a week. So i suggest you put him back where you found him

Answer 6

how do you take care of a sea hermit crab