Do you need to clean a hermit crabs aquarium?

Answer 1

Yes, because the humidity needs to be a bit above average. Also, they sometimes prefer to drink out of a sponge. You need to have the sponge in a ocean-water dish that is deep enough for the hermit crab to submerse in. Thus giving a choice of drinking from the sponge, drinking from the water itself, or soaking in the dish - which helps with molting and gives the crab a natural option for bathing like he would have in the wild. make sure there are always BOTH fresh and salt water dishes in your crab tank - dechlorinated and de-metalled water is vital to your crab's survival! and the salt water should NOT be table salt! you need ocean salt - like oceanic or instant ocean found in pet stores for aquariums. table salt is harmful to hermit crabs.

Answer 2

No hermit crabs only eat the sponges if they are in a terrible condition like at board walks becausr they have nothing to eat. Hermies can live for over 6 yrs in captivity if taken care of.

Hermies are scavengers and will eat all fruits, veggies, all parts of eggs, shrimp, kelp, and salmon and lean (not fatty) meat.

Stay away from human food like Pizza, twinkies, seasonings like on meat, and foods with table salt in them. (sea salted foods are ok) (table salt kills them).

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Answer 3

yes, you will have to clean your craps cage or aquarium. if you don't clean the cage left over food and droppings will rot and kill your pet crab. the number of crabs you have that is the number of times you will need to clean it a week.

Answer 4

No you can not, it is advised that you use an dried organic sponge. I do not advise using a sponge since it can usually accumulate bacteria, and the crab usually tears it apart. If you want to use it for keeping the humidity levels adequate in the tank, I suggest getting a spray bottle and filling it with filtered water and spraying the tank with it every so often. It would really help if you bought some coconut fibers, like a coconut fiber wall. It will create more humidity that the crab likes.

Answer 5

hermit crabs need a sponge in the water bowl