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Floaters in the water dish[emoji848]
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 10:47 am
by scuttlecrusty22
Ok I'll go ahead and confess, I don't change the water in my crabitat every day, and I need to keep up with it better.
But I always notice that after the water has been in the tank for a little while, these little white things show up
And I have no idea what they are, is it something I should worry about?
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Re: Floaters in the water dish[emoji848]
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 11:12 am
by PinchersAndShells
They look like springtails to me. They’re harmless little bugs that eat mold and other kinds of decaying materials. They float on water.
Re: Floaters in the water dish[emoji848]
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 11:40 am
by scuttlecrusty22
PinchersAndShells wrote:They look like springtails to me. They’re harmless little bugs that eat mold and other kinds of decaying materials. They float on water.
Ok thank you!!!
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Re: Floaters in the water dish[emoji848]
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2019 5:00 pm
by odelayheehoo
The white things are definitely springtails, and they are harmless, but what concerns me a bit is your water dish in general. That appears to be one of the repti-rock dishes that are only 1/4" deep, do you provide water for the crabs where the can completely submerge?
Re: Floaters in the water dish[emoji848]
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2019 7:44 pm
by scuttlecrusty22
odelayheehoo wrote:The white things are definitely springtails, and they are harmless, but what concerns me a bit is your water dish in general. That appears to be one of the repti-rock dishes that are only 1/4" deep, do you provide water for the crabs where the can completely submerge?
Yes they have a saltwater pool that they can submerge in.
And if or when I do a upgrade for them I plan on just going ahead and making a fresh water pool also
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