2. Humidity % level in crabitat? currently 79%, stays pretty consistant at 80 %
3. Temperature of substrate in crabitat? 78
4. Temperature of crabitat? currently 78 degrees
5. Location of gauges? right above substrate
6. What is your heat source? day glo when I need it, but my temps stay very consistant
7. Types of water available? Salt ( API brand ) and fresh
8. Dechlorinator used? yes (Top Fin brand)
9. What do you feed? Variety of Narnar's food, some organic baby food like sweet potatoes, some fresh grapes, honey, peanut butter
10. How long have you had the crab in question? since January 14, 2007
11. Do you know the species? PP
12. Do you bath them, if so how often and with what? bath on the 14th with salt water
13. What type of housing are they in? Tank? Plastic box? Tank
14. What size is your tank? 40B
15. How many crabs are in the tank? What size are they? 12 total , 1 jumbo, 1 smaller Large, 1 medium, 5 small, 4 teeny
16. How deep is the substrate? 5 inches
17. If you take your hermies out daily to exercise, do you mist their gill area first? they don't come out daily..occasionally maybe ( cause they are usually dug down)
18. Has there been any cleaners, paints, perfumes, air fresheners, candles, or smoking near the crabitat? none
19. How often do you clean/sterilize and how? Haven't deep cleaned yet, I am new, tank was set up January 7, 2007
20. Any unusual odors? none
21. Do you use sponges? Are they rinsed daily with dechlor water? Are they exchanged every 2 days for a sterile one? no sponges
22. Do you feed fresh food? When do you remove it? if there is fresh food, or the organic baby food I remove it daily
23. Are your hands clean before handling? yes
24. Has there been anything new added to your crabitat recently? 1 new small straw
I also use florescent lighting, and I have a screen lid which is partially covered by part plexiglass that helps me keep my temps and humidity pretty consistant.
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Woke up this morning to find one of my teeny PP's naked. He was in the far left hand side of my tank ( sand side) and I found his shell way over on the right side of the tank ( jungle bed area). He's been dug down for couple weeks. I scooped him up gently, rinsed him off gently ( spritzing) with dechlor water to get the sand off, I got a small round ziplock container with a damp paper towel (with dechlor water) and put him back in that with his original shell and two others, and then put him in the container back in the tank. I debated on putting sand in there..but as much as I hear about their abdomens being so soft I thought the sand might scratch and irritate it...so I chose the damp paper towel way. Please help me, I am new to crabbing since Christmas, and this is my first naked crab to deal with. With what I have read I hope so far I have done the right thing. My kids left this morning asking me if he was gonna die.
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P.S. I am sorry for the other 4 posts..I am having some messed up computer problems lately! If someone can delete the other 4 after this I would appreciate it!