New from Northern CA
Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2017 9:14 am
Hello,
I'm a new crab owner in Northern California. I never intended to have a hermit crab, but here I am! We were at a fair last month and my daughter was off with her dad and came back with a hermit crab that she won. I can't believe they give them away as prizes! I have been determined now to give him a good home. I would love to get 1 or 2 more soon so that he's not alone.
I'm having trouble figuring out heating. I have a 10 gallon tank (was a fish tank). I bought a few heaters, and currently have a Zoomed mini heater and a Zoomed small heater (which says it's for 10-20 gallon tanks), yet it's really not doing much. My house gets cold at night in the winter (and I don't want to run the heater...too much $$$), so I'm concerned about not keeping the tank warm enough. I feel like I keep spending money and not getting results. Any advice? Does making insulation really work? Do I need to get a heat lamp? (Darn, I was hoping to post a picture of the tank, but I don't know how at this moment)
Ideally I would have had this all figured out before getting a crab, but as you can see, it didn't work out this way.
My little guy has been hiding away mostly since we got him. I'm wondering if he's trying to molt. I worry about his health since who knows what he went through before we got him.
Thanks for reading, and I look forward to gaining more knowledge through everyone on here!
Lindsey
I'm a new crab owner in Northern California. I never intended to have a hermit crab, but here I am! We were at a fair last month and my daughter was off with her dad and came back with a hermit crab that she won. I can't believe they give them away as prizes! I have been determined now to give him a good home. I would love to get 1 or 2 more soon so that he's not alone.
I'm having trouble figuring out heating. I have a 10 gallon tank (was a fish tank). I bought a few heaters, and currently have a Zoomed mini heater and a Zoomed small heater (which says it's for 10-20 gallon tanks), yet it's really not doing much. My house gets cold at night in the winter (and I don't want to run the heater...too much $$$), so I'm concerned about not keeping the tank warm enough. I feel like I keep spending money and not getting results. Any advice? Does making insulation really work? Do I need to get a heat lamp? (Darn, I was hoping to post a picture of the tank, but I don't know how at this moment)
Ideally I would have had this all figured out before getting a crab, but as you can see, it didn't work out this way.
My little guy has been hiding away mostly since we got him. I'm wondering if he's trying to molt. I worry about his health since who knows what he went through before we got him.
Thanks for reading, and I look forward to gaining more knowledge through everyone on here!
Lindsey