Mites on dead crab

MomToDixie · Post by **MomToDixie** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 10:18 am

I was rearranging the tat and found a dead crabbie right underneath the surface, upon closer inspection I could see a tiny (piece of sand size) bug in the shell. Do I deep clean, or did it just go after the dead crab?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 11:56 am

I think you need some deep cleaning... I don't think mites go away... unless you have the good mites that eats the bad mites.

MomToDixie · Post by **MomToDixie** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 12:28 pm

I'm in the middle of deep cleaning right now. I haven't found anymore and I'm hoping it was just on the dead crab (only saw one). I have my fingers crossed.

MomToDixie · Post by **MomToDixie** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 12:42 pm

I just finished removing all of the old substrate (thank goodness for shop vacs

). I'm happy to report I haven't come accross any more mites. I'm starting to question if it really "was" a mite

. I needed to deep clean anyway! I'll have pics up later!

HERMEZ · Post by **HERMEZ** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 2:58 pm

yeah thinking it was something else........I will anxioulsy await the pics...keep fingers crossed. I swear I am thinking of buying the predatory mites every 6 mos and throwing them in there for good measure---gotta find a cheaper way of getting them though.

Willow · Post by **Willow** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 11:47 pm

Usually, the "mites" that feed on dead matter are not the same kind that prey on live crabs. One or the other, I guess.