Commercial Hermit Crab Food

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Commercial Hermit Crab Food

Post by Kaleighshermies » Fri Feb 12, 2016 4:10 pm

I have read up on the locked topic and saw that my hermit crab food that I have been feeding my hermies for years in on the bad list!!! As I have been feeding my crabs the Tetrafauna Hermit Crab Meal for years with no problems I am not freaking out completely but am looking for a new commercial food for my hermits to have.

I have found this list in the other commercial food topic:
I have Purple Pinchers (Coenobita clypeatus) and was wondering if anyone could recommend any of the food below that is popular with their Purple Pinchers (Coenobita clypeatus).

Hikari Bio-Pure Frozen Foods
Hikari Bio-Pure Freeze Dried Foods
Many products at Brine Shrimp Direct
San Francisco Bay Brand - dry and frozen foods
Wardley Premium Hermit Crab Food(Ingredients: Dried Whole Shrimp)
Fluker's Treat Medley - both aquatic turtle and bearded dragon (without the pellets)
Fluker's Freeze Dried Diets
Zilla Small Animal Munchies
Zilla Reptile Munchies
ZooMed Hermit Crab Fruit Salad
Omega One: Various Freeze-dried Nutri-Treats
FMR Fruit Treat
Fluker's Red and Purple Hermit Crab Color Enhancers
Fluker's Hermit Crab Instant Fruit Treat
All Living Things Powder Treat
Gardner's Hermit Crab Food from Pet Supermarket
Canned items with no preservatives or added ingrediants, like pure snails, shrimp, crickets, mealworms, silkworms, and grasshoppers. (Freeze leftovers to keep them fresh)

If anyone has a recommendation of a food above that their Purple Pincher's (Coenobita clypeatus) love please comment or message me! Thanks!
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Re: Commercial Hermit Crab Food

Post by Kaleighshermies » Fri Feb 12, 2016 4:34 pm

I actually did some research and ordered food from etsy.com from the producer is TheHappyHermitSupply. I bought the sample of each diet and will be following her feeding schedule. Cant wait for it to come in the mail and see if my hermies like it.
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Re: Commercial Hermit Crab Food

Post by KellyCrabbieLove » Fri Feb 12, 2016 5:14 pm

Mine like the omega one krill. Mysis shrimp and bloodworms.

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Re: Commercial Hermit Crab Food

Post by Crabinski » Fri Feb 12, 2016 6:42 pm

Wardley's and Fluker's Aquatic Turtle Medley are staples in the dry base mix I give my crabs. They also enjoy Tetra Freeze-Dried Bloodworms. I recently purchased ZooMed Large Sun-Dried Red Shrimp but the crabbie jury is still out on that one.
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Re: Commercial Hermit Crab Food

Post by rainbow_crab » Sat Feb 13, 2016 9:37 pm

Zoomed fruit salad was popular with my crabs, I feed mostly fresh or dehydrated foods I did myself so I don't buy it anymore. The wardlys shrimp was also popular.

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Re: Commercial Hermit Crab Food

Post by Kaleighshermies » Sun Feb 14, 2016 11:22 am

Thanks for the suggestions!!!
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