New guy here, and some pics of crabs and such.

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Re: New guy here, and some pics of crabs and such.

Post by Hdale85 » Fri Jul 01, 2016 3:38 pm

Ok here we go.

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Also here's a pic of the other little guy digging down the front of the tank.

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Re: New guy here, and some pics of crabs and such.

Post by Hdale85 » Fri Jul 01, 2016 3:39 pm

I figured he was an E because his coloring is very different than the others I have. The others all have pretty bright purple pinchers and a very red color, this one is more white with a blue pincher. I guess that could be him just getting ready to molt soon? I don't know I'm still new at this lol.

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Post by KayedeeLove<3 » Fri Jul 01, 2016 3:45 pm

He is a beautiful purple pincher!!! E's typically have elongated eyes like so...
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Post by KayedeeLove<3 » Fri Jul 01, 2016 3:45 pm

Welcome to you and your wife to your crabby adventure :)

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Re: New guy here, and some pics of crabs and such.

Post by Hdale85 » Fri Jul 01, 2016 3:50 pm

Ahh, well now I know what to look for lol. He's definitely an interesting looking PP then :)


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Re: New guy here, and some pics of crabs and such.

Post by madiem » Fri Jul 01, 2016 3:52 pm

i can see all your pictures. Your hermies are so adorable. :) any names for them yet? I named all of mine except one after greek goddess :roll: lol
mom of six hermit crabs, one tarantula, four baby turtles, one dog and one puppy and more babies to adopt in the future to add to my family


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Re: New guy here, and some pics of crabs and such.

Post by Hdale85 » Fri Jul 01, 2016 4:01 pm

uhh, the 2 that we had first the bigger one is Pinky, and I guess the smaller one that is down molting is Brain. I'm not sure on the others haha we just got them today.


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Re: New guy here, and some pics of crabs and such.

Post by Hdale85 » Fri Jul 01, 2016 5:02 pm

Here is one of the items I picked up today, I have a few others still waiting to put in. I have to figure out a moss pit and how to secure it in the top of the tank somewhere and then I have some stuff to build bridge/ramps up to it and the tree and such.

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Post by Sensi » Fri Jul 01, 2016 6:46 pm

Love it

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Re: New guy here, and some pics of crabs and such.

Post by PTCrabs » Fri Jul 01, 2016 8:37 pm

Love that tree where did u find it?


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Post by Hdale85 » Fri Jul 01, 2016 8:51 pm

At Petsmart in the reptile area. It was called Reptile Bonsai large or something. I love it too!

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The current state of the crabitat and the newest big crab climbing the tree!

I have a container I stuck on the other side, it's hanging I just need to figure out how to get something over to it. I got some silk plants from Michaels but I'm just not sure I like them enough to use them. I can't figure out how to put them in the cage? They have a bunch of branches and stuff and just not sure how to make it look good and be functional for them.


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Re: New guy here, and some pics of crabs and such.

Post by Hdale85 » Fri Jul 01, 2016 8:55 pm

Here's the plants I got

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Post by PTCrabs » Fri Jul 01, 2016 10:47 pm

Ok I'm totally getting that! Thanks! I'm about to start a 20g and want plants and climbing stuff and didn't know exactly what to get :-)


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Re: New guy here, and some pics of crabs and such.

Post by Hdale85 » Fri Jul 01, 2016 10:54 pm

Noway that would fit in a 20g lol. There was a smaller one I believe though. It just barely fits in my 55g with about 10" or so of substrate.

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Re: New guy here, and some pics of crabs and such.

Post by soilentgringa » Sat Jul 02, 2016 4:32 am

You have one E and the rest are PP's. The E needs a species buddy so you might want to look for at least one more.

E's need DEEP sub and lots of digging space. Also make sure to feed them more protein and they also kike it a little warmer than what we would usually keep PP's at, but at the higher end of the safe range for PP, upper 80's are good.

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