HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I have been crabbing for about a year, and this is my first experience with finding bugs in my tank. I'm not entirely sure if they are food mites, wood mites, or something completely different. But they are gross and I hate seeing them in my tank and crawling around on my crabs' shells. D: Digging t...

This is all fantastic advice, thank you so much. What you're saying is that by letting them leave the tank and go out into my home, they will help clear out the food mites already in my environment that I don't see, therefore slowing/preventing repeated reinfestations? Am I understanding that right?...

Most likely because of misinformation spread by pet stores to encourage sales. Less people would seek out pet hermits if they knew how much special care they need.

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Thanks for your response! I know I will likely end up getting the mites again, but I want to keep their numbers as low as possible...I hate seeing those nasty things crawling around on (and into!!!) my crabbies shells! There just seems to be so many of them, I cant even take their decor out without ...

Hello! I recently discovered a ton of tiny, gross whitish bugs in my crabitat. After initially freaking out that they were infesting and killing my babies, I did some research and I am thinking they are some harmless type of food or wood mite (see picture - can anyone ID?). In any case, I hate them ...

I just discovered bugs that aound like that in my tank too! Do they look like these guys?

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So vibrant!

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Congratulations! It's such a relief!

That's funny, the crab I was worried about just came up to say hi a couple days ago too!

I'm happy to hear your friends are all up and around!

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Looks like your math was right, Rosie!

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Yes, thank you! I'm always worried if I make too much that it will grow bacteria or get icky since I don't use it very fast, but I'm also worried that the ratio would be different for smaller amounts.

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I feel its easiest using Tapatalk. A little trickier for browsing, but makes image-uploading a breeze!

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Loooove that picture of Rose!

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I might be concerned about spices that may be in the sausages.

I've given my crabs salt-free crackers in a pinch, but not sure if its recommended.

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No worries! ^.^

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A few more!


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