I don't know what I am doing wrong this is the second crab in 3 months I have lost during molting.The first one I didn't know what it was doing and after several weeks he died. Then Kyle went under maybe 2 weeks ago and I figured he was doing a molt found a front claw laying on top of EE.The past few days I noticed a large amount of knats in the tank i just had a feeling something was wrong and i moved the large shell tonite that Kyle had buried under and there was alot of knats under there and he was dead in his shell and the shell was packed tight with EE and his parts were all around him, so I took him out and a area of EE that he had been straightened the tank up and notice under the food dish very very tiny bugs they look almost clear. I am at a loss here can someone help. I have had these 4 crabs for a year I havent added any new crabs and i was told that EE was the best thing to use I had been using aquarium rock.
I was waiting for Kyle to surface I was going to do a split sand and EE tank and I had bought a heater to put under the sand. Could my tank have been to cold I live in Illinois so it is cold here. Although they did dfine last year they don't hardly come out anymore or climb.Am I a bad crabbie mama?
Dead Crabbie
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brandi9976
Topic author
If you fill out this help template we may be able to see something that is causing you problems and help you straighten them out.
1. Substrate used?
2. Humidity % level in crabitat?
3. Temperature of substrate in crabitat?
4. Temperature of crabitat?
5. Location of gauges?
6. What is your heat source?
7. Types of water available?
8. Dechlorinator used?
9. What do you feed?
10. How long have you had the crab in question?
11. Do you know the species?
12. Do you bath them, if so how often and with what?
13. What type of housing are they in? Tank? Plastic box?
14. What size is your tank?
15. How many crabs are in the tank? What size are they?
16. How deep is the substrate?
17. If you take your hermies out daily to exercise, do you mist their gill area first?
18. Has there been any cleaners, paints, perfumes, air fresheners, candles, or smoking near the crabitat?
19. How often do you clean/sterilize and how?
20. Any unusual odors?
21. Do you use sponges? Are they rinsed daily with dechlor water? Are they exchanged every 2 days for a sterile one?
22. Do you feed fresh food? When do you remove it?
23. Are your hands clean before handling?
24. Has there been anything new added to your crabitat recently?
1. Substrate used?
2. Humidity % level in crabitat?
3. Temperature of substrate in crabitat?
4. Temperature of crabitat?
5. Location of gauges?
6. What is your heat source?
7. Types of water available?
8. Dechlorinator used?
9. What do you feed?
10. How long have you had the crab in question?
11. Do you know the species?
12. Do you bath them, if so how often and with what?
13. What type of housing are they in? Tank? Plastic box?
14. What size is your tank?
15. How many crabs are in the tank? What size are they?
16. How deep is the substrate?
17. If you take your hermies out daily to exercise, do you mist their gill area first?
18. Has there been any cleaners, paints, perfumes, air fresheners, candles, or smoking near the crabitat?
19. How often do you clean/sterilize and how?
20. Any unusual odors?
21. Do you use sponges? Are they rinsed daily with dechlor water? Are they exchanged every 2 days for a sterile one?
22. Do you feed fresh food? When do you remove it?
23. Are your hands clean before handling?
24. Has there been anything new added to your crabitat recently?
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Guest
Topic author
nobrandi9976 wrote:If you fill out this help template we may be able to see something that is causing you problems and help you straighten them out.
1. Substrate used? Eco Earth
2. Humidity % level in crabitat? 90
3. Temperature of substrate in crabitat? don't know
4. Temperature of crabitat? 74
5. Location of gauges? humidity in the middle of a 10 gallon tank wall,temp top of aquarium
6. What is your heat source? alight
7. Types of water available? salt and dechlor
8. Dechlorinator used? yes
9. What do you feed? T-Rex crabbie island all in one,honey(just in the past week),occasionally apples
10. How long have you had the crab in question? a year
11. Do you know the species? somewhat from this site a book given to me at the time of purchase and a store clerk that raises crabbies
12. Do you bath them, if so how often and with what? I did until they all seemed like they were molting and was told not to handle them. In dechlor water
13. What type of housing are they in? Tank? Plastic box? 10 gallon tank
14. What size is your tank? 10 gallon
15. How many crabs are in the tank? What size are they? was4 now 2 small shells about the size of a 1/2 dollar
16. How deep is the substrate? over 3 inches
17. If you take your hermies out daily to exercise, do you mist their gill area first? did until they all appeared to begin molting
18. Has there been any cleaners, paints, perfumes, air fresheners, candles, or smoking near the crabitat? no
19. How often do you clean/sterilize and how? monthly until they started to molt
20. Any unusual odors? no
21. Do you use sponges? Are they rinsed daily with dechlor water? Are they exchanged every 2 days for a sterile one? yes, maybe not daily but often
22. Do you feed fresh food? When do you remove it? daily
23. Are your hands clean before handling? yes
24. Has there been anything new added to your crabitat recently?
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Guest
Topic author
nobrandi9976 wrote:If you fill out this help template we may be able to see something that is causing you problems and help you straighten them out.
1. Substrate used? Eco Earth
2. Humidity % level in crabitat? 90
3. Temperature of substrate in crabitat? don't know
4. Temperature of crabitat? 74
5. Location of gauges? humidity in the middle of a 10 gallon tank wall,temp top of aquarium
6. What is your heat source? alight
7. Types of water available? salt and dechlor
8. Dechlorinator used? yes
9. What do you feed? T-Rex crabbie island all in one,honey(just in the past week),occasionally apples
10. How long have you had the crab in question? a year
11. Do you know the species? somewhat from this site a book given to me at the time of purchase and a store clerk that raises crabbies
12. Do you bath them, if so how often and with what? I did until they all seemed like they were molting and was told not to handle them. In dechlor water
13. What type of housing are they in? Tank? Plastic box? 10 gallon tank
14. What size is your tank? 10 gallon
15. How many crabs are in the tank? What size are they? was4 now 2 small shells about the size of a 1/2 dollar
16. How deep is the substrate? over 3 inches
17. If you take your hermies out daily to exercise, do you mist their gill area first? did until they all appeared to begin molting
18. Has there been any cleaners, paints, perfumes, air fresheners, candles, or smoking near the crabitat? no
19. How often do you clean/sterilize and how? monthly until they started to molt
20. Any unusual odors? no
21. Do you use sponges? Are they rinsed daily with dechlor water? Are they exchanged every 2 days for a sterile one? yes, maybe not daily but often
22. Do you feed fresh food? When do you remove it? daily
23. Are your hands clean before handling? yes
24. Has there been anything new added to your crabitat recently?
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troppo
Topic author
I think it's the bugs that are causing the trouble Mommabird. I'll try and find Jedediahs thread on bugs for you so you can get an idea on what the bugs are and how to fix the problem 
How long have you had the eco-earth in your tank for?
Also,your humidity level's a bit high,it should be around 75-80%.
Edit: Here's Jedediah's thread on bugs below. It sounds like you have predatory mites,so following Jed's tips should hopefully help get rid of them.
viewtopic.php?t=30282
How long have you had the eco-earth in your tank for?
Also,your humidity level's a bit high,it should be around 75-80%.
Edit: Here's Jedediah's thread on bugs below. It sounds like you have predatory mites,so following Jed's tips should hopefully help get rid of them.
viewtopic.php?t=30282