Mass Tank Deaths-Bacteria/Disease?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 4:38 pm

I agree about stress too. I also think that diet plays a part. They eat all kinds of dead rotten things in the wild. Their bodies are made for bacteria that other animals and humans would die from. The diet we feed them is probably not adequate. My hat is off to Carol. Have you read all the things she does for her two crabs? It is incredible. I, too, take my crabs out of the tank for daily walks, and I also try to follow her other practices, but I think a lot of the problem is the kind of treatment they had prior to coming to our homes. I now realize that hermit crabs are not easy care pets. They require much more than they are adveritised to need, and unfortunately, pet stores and too many people are not willing to do what it takes. If it were legal, and I thought they wouldn't be reharvested, I would return all of mine to their native homes. I don't know what the answer to all this is.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Aug 13, 2004 11:36 pm

i have a makeshift "playpen" in a large corner of my room. I take them out at least once a day, let them run around, and offer them treats. i also have kept new crabs isolated for at least 3 or 4 days (up to 2 weeks) before introducing them to the others..... and yet i had a mass tank death..... everything ya'll suggested was being done, but some things i guess are unpreventable

~Cheezy

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 12:13 am

I meant cleaning products used anywhere in the house, not ones used to clean the tank with. An Australian crabber here lost her pet fish when her house was treated for an insect invasion. Fish and crabs are highly sensitive to any chemicals in their environment, even though they seem safe in their tanks.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Aug 14, 2004 12:24 am

can't recall using any cleaning products around them.... i mean i vacuum and dust and everything, but the house hasn't needed to be sprayed for bugs in years......

~Cheezy