HCA: Hermit Crab Association

JoeHermits wrote: ↑

Sun May 31, 2020 8:12 am

Generally it’s about a bag and a brick per ten gallons, so two of each should be plenty.

And yes, you can reuse substrate.


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Ah okay, thank you!

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