Fresh water & Salt Water

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon May 15, 2006 5:04 pm

I only have fresh water (bottled) in my tank right now. Should I be offering salt water also?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon May 15, 2006 7:13 pm

Yes. Salt water is a must.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri May 19, 2006 5:42 pm

If you you's bottled do you use a dechlorinater? just wondering because I use bottled somtimes but I dechlorinate it just to be safe.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri May 19, 2006 7:20 pm

If you dechlorinate bottled water, and it didnt have chlorine to begin with, it just lets the unsafe chemicals float around in it. If its bottled, it has no chlorine. Trust me on this one, ive done plenty of tests.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri May 19, 2006 8:00 pm

I would recomend a salt pool. my guys love it. just be sure not to use table salt, as the anti-clumping agents will kill the crabs. I have used the oceanic salt with good results, and am currently using HBH Crab Bath Salt, because of its ease anf convienence! (a small conatiner i can just scoop some out of! very nice)

I use marine salt because ther live near oceans, so it seems to make sense to me. I know other people use Doc Welfishes salt, but since its for fresh water fish, it has a few different minerals and such....

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri May 19, 2006 8:57 pm

The HBH salt mix is good b/c it has added calcium for exo-care. Just check its saltiness by tasting a bit of it - some commercial hermit-crab salts actually have very little salt in them (eb. Zoo-Med Hermit Crab salt). It should taste strongly salty. Oceanic or Bio-sea Marine Mix, or Red-Sea salt mix, or Real-Ocean water (actual filtered sea water!) are also great brands.

Doc Wellfish is also fine.

EDIT: Taste the mixed-up saltwater I mean, not the powder!