*New Improved Help Request Template*

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If you are requesting help on the forum with one of your hermit crabs, please answer the following questions in your topic. This will make it much easier to track down a problem and help you quickly.

1. Substrate used?

2. Humidity % level in crabitat?

3. Temperature of substrate in crabitat?

4. Temperature of crabitat?

5. Location of gauges?

6. What is your heat source?

7. Types of water available?

8. Dechlorinator used?

9. What do you feed?

10. How long have you had the crab in question?

11. Do you know the species?

12. Do you bath them, if so how often and with what?

13. What type of housing are they in? Tank? Plastic box?

14. What size is your tank?

15. How many crabs are in the tank? What size are they?

16. How deep is the substrate?

17. If you take your hermies out daily to exercise, do you mist their gill area first?

18. Has there been any cleaners, paints, perfumes, air fresheners, candles, or smoking near the crabitat?

19. How often do you clean/sterilize and how?

20. Any unusual odors?

21. Do you use sponges? Are they rinsed daily with dechlor water? Are they exchanged every 2 days for a sterile one?

22. Do you feed fresh food? When do you remove it?

23. Are your hands clean before handling?

24. Has there been anything new added to your crabitat recently?

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[quote="Daethian"]If you are requesting help on the forum with one of your hermit crabs, please answer the following questions in your topic. This will make it much easier to track down a problem and help you quickly.

1. Substrate used? calci sand

2. Humidity % level in crabitat? 68

3. Temperature of substrate in crabitat?

4. Temperature of crabitat? 72

5. Location of gauges? upper rear corner

6. What is your heat source? heat mat, mounted on side

7. Types of water available? salt and dechlorinated tap
8. Dechlorinator used?

9. What do you feed? store bought tiny pellets/granules

10. How long have you had the crab in question? 1 day

11. Do you know the species? no

12. Do you bath them, if so how often and with what? haven't yet

13. What type of housing are they in? Tank? Plastic box? glass tank

14. What size is your tank? 1 gal

15. How many crabs are in the tank? What size are they? 1

16. How deep is the substrate? varies from 1 1/2 to 3 inches

17. If you take your hermies out daily to exercise, do you mist their gill area first? haven't yet

18. Has there been any cleaners, paints, perfumes, air fresheners, candles, or smoking near the crabitat? no

19. How often do you clean/sterilize and how? brand new set up...

20. Any unusual odors? no

21. Do you use sponges? Are they rinsed daily with dechlor water? Are they exchanged every 2 days for a sterile one? yes

22. Do you feed fresh food? When do you remove it? haven't yet, but will

23. Are your hands clean before handling? yes

24. Has there been anything new added to your crabitat recently? just the crab