HCA: Hermit Crab Association

At the bottom of the tank where the substrate is more moist, it has a cow manure type of smell?? What do I do! I've never actually had this happen


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Sounds like you have some flooding going on. This happens if you mist regularly. Do you have any molters down?

GotButterflies wrote:Sounds like you have some flooding going on. This happens if you mist regularly. Do you have any molters down?

at least 5-8 are always mostly down in the substrate .. they love tunnel digging


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Hermitmomma wrote:

GotButterflies wrote:Sounds like you have some flooding going on. This happens if you mist regularly. Do you have any molters down?

at least 5-8 are always mostly down in the substrate .. they love tunnel digging


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Well, sounds like you need to mix some dry substrate into your current substrate if you are 100% positive that your hermits are not molting. I do not recommend digging up molters at all.

GotButterflies wrote:

Hermitmomma wrote:

GotButterflies wrote:Sounds like you have some flooding going on. This happens if you mist regularly. Do you have any molters down?

at least 5-8 are always mostly down in the substrate .. they love tunnel digging


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Well, sounds like you need to mix some dry substrate into your current substrate if you are 100% positive that your hermits are not molting. I do not recommend digging up molters at all.

---One has just finished molting. I discovered carefully.. he was done munching on his exo as well. I do not have more dry sub, if I take them out and use a hair dryer to dry it up a bit will that do?


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That will make a huge mess everywhere! just try mixing all of your substrate together. Naturally your top layer should be dryer than your bottom.


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