HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Gnat infestation in cage, I’m kinda worried, will they hurt the crabs? How do I get rid of them, I already tried deep cleaning the cage, but they came back.

I don’t think they are fungus gnats, they have a bulbous body, it doesn’t look like any pics I’ve seen, but they’re too small to be an average house fly

Flies have infested tank in the matter of a few days, with larvae, I cleaned the whole tank Out and washed everything but now they’re back, are they dangerous to my crabs? And how do I get rid of them?

Please help, I’ve run out of solutions

Thank you! That’s what I thought

Is it necessary to dechlorinate water for misting the tank? I believe I know the answer I just wanted to make sure

Hermiesguardian wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 24, 2020 11:33 am

They actually prefer sometimes food a few days old, than fresh. In the wild they are scavengers.

That makes sense actually!! It’s just frustrating because she won’t let me take it lol, because I’m trying to keep the crabitat clean

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