HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I'm about to get a 46 Gallon Bow Front tank used, 36 x 16 x 21. Any suggestions on what to clean it with etc or what not to clean it with? I was going to get a med or large size UTH, any thoughts on this. I also use just a bit of lights for heating as well. My current 20 long, I use a small UTH with lights and stays at 78-83 degrees most of the time...

Thanks!

I use white vinegar to clean my tanks. If it's really nasty you can use bleach (10:1 water:bleach) and rinse, rinse, rinse. Air dry for a day.

I highly recommend Ultratherm UTH. I picked mine up from reptilebasics.com. Get the largest one that you can fit on the outside back all or mostly above the substrate line.

Thanks! Hopefully this is the last last tank I upgrade to...

Just got the tank, larger than I thought and will be hard to sneak into place and it currently in my studio, hidden...

It was used as a Tropical Fish Aquarium. I also received 3 very nice pieces of driftwood and assume these would be safe to use with the hermit crabs after a bit of cleaning. I ready about boiling them to sanitize but one maybe 2 are bigger than any pot I have...

You can bake them


Mommy of 10 PP babies:
Poseidon (Sid), Toby, Matty, Junior, Aries, Kaylee, Turbo, Adrian, Pepper and Flower. RIP Octavius & Fred

kornchaser wrote:You can bake them


Mommy of 10 PP babies:
Poseidon (Sid), Toby, Matty, Junior, Aries, Kaylee, Turbo, Adrian, Pepper and Flower. RIP Octavius & Fred

Thanks for the reply! What temp and amount of time?

theunartist wrote:Thanks for the reply! What temp and amount of time?

I've never baked decorations myself, I wouldn't know. Hopefully someone will reply who knows.


Mommy of 10 PP babies:
Poseidon (Sid), Toby, Matty, Junior, Aries, Kaylee, Turbo, Adrian, Pepper and Flower. RIP Octavius & Fred

I soak wood in SW overnight in a bread loaf bag (nice and long) and bake them to dry before putting in the tank. You can pull that off in a 250F until you smell cedar. As long as the outside is dry, that's good enough for me.


Crabbers unite!!!