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Changing shells
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 11:23 am
by Hermiesguardian
Hi. I'm still new to all this. I have 3 crabs. 1 has been buried for a couple of weeks. I have no idea if he's moulting. I have a selection of 4 shells, I know I need to add more. I have them laying on the floor, not in a shop. It doesn't seem like the 2 that are out at night look at the shells at all, let alone try them on. They are different types of shells. From what I read on here it seems that most crabs shell shop pretty frequently. Also, in my 15gal crabitat, there's hardly any walking around room as is, so I haven't added more shells. I'm waiting anxiously for the buried guy to come up so I can move them into a 40gal tank I just bought.
Re: Changing shells
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 12:22 pm
by Just Jay
Cherylco55 wrote:Hi. I'm still new to all this. I have 3 crabs. 1 has been buried for a couple of weeks. I have no idea if he's moulting. I have a selection of 4 shells, I know I need to add more. I have them laying on the floor, not in a shop. It doesn't seem like the 2 that are out at night look at the shells at all, let alone try them on. They are different types of shells. From what I read on here it seems that most crabs shell shop pretty frequently. Also, in my 15gal crabitat, there's hardly any walking around room as is, so I haven't added more shells. I'm waiting anxiously for the buried guy to come up so I can move them into a 40gal tank I just bought.
If the shells arent what they are looking for or they aren't in need they may not "shop". You can tell your shells are correct by measuring your openings. You can be as simple as tracing the opening/shell and getting one slightly larger. Or as fancy as measuring it with a ruler, fabric measuring tape or a caliper. Also giving as many options as possible. Do you know the sizes you need? I have some smaller jade turbos i do not need.
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Re: Changing shells
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 1:41 pm
by Hermiesguardian
Just Jay wrote:Cherylco55 wrote:Hi. I'm still new to all this. I have 3 crabs. 1 has been buried for a couple of weeks. I have no idea if he's moulting. I have a selection of 4 shells, I know I need to add more. I have them laying on the floor, not in a shop. It doesn't seem like the 2 that are out at night look at the shells at all, let alone try them on. They are different types of shells. From what I read on here it seems that most crabs shell shop pretty frequently. Also, in my 15gal crabitat, there's hardly any walking around room as is, so I haven't added more shells. I'm waiting anxiously for the buried guy to come up so I can move them into a 40gal tank I just bought.
If the shells arent what they are looking for or they aren't in need they may not "shop". You can tell your shells are correct by measuring your openings. You can be as simple as tracing the opening/shell and getting one slightly larger. Or as fancy as measuring it with a ruler, fabric measuring tape or a caliper. Also giving as many options as possible. Do you know the sizes you need? I have some smaller jade turbos i do not need.
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Thank you. I just went by eyeballing the size. The shells are a little bigger than what they are in. Not good? Lol