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by catiestewart
Thu Sep 19, 2024 12:57 pm
Forum: Crab Behavior
Topic: Crabs keep pushing empty shells into freshwater pool
Replies: 3
Views: 127

Re: Crabs keep pushing empty shells into freshwater pool

Sometimes crabs just do weird things like this. Maybe they dont like that shell? Lol. I'm not sure. I have no personal experience with this, but it's not screaming anything in particular out to me. The only thing I could think of is maybe one day you could upgrade to a larger tank? But that's all I...
by catiestewart
Thu Sep 19, 2024 12:56 pm
Forum: Crab Behavior
Topic: Hermit crabs came into my care 3-4 weeks ago, suddenly became very lethargic and won’t eat. Doesn’t seem like PMS
Replies: 1
Views: 26

Hermit crabs came into my care 3-4 weeks ago, suddenly became very lethargic and won’t eat. Doesn’t seem like PMS

Hello, I have 3 hermit crabs (2 small, one tiny) in a 20gal long tank with 6in of substrate (5:1 cocofiber/play sand). (Fresh and saltwater pools, both treated with zoomed and instant ocean respectively) Within the past two days they went from being very active to completely lethargic, just sitting ...
by catiestewart
Fri Sep 13, 2024 11:04 am
Forum: Crab Behavior
Topic: Crabs keep pushing empty shells into freshwater pool
Replies: 3
Views: 127

Crabs keep pushing empty shells into freshwater pool

So I have 3 golfball-ish sized crabs (slightly smaller) and one the size of a quarter. (sizes including shell). One of the larger ones is in an iso tank molting. The rest are in a 20gal long tank with 2 pools (one large saltwater pool that they used to love, but haven’t really been using this past w...