Hi! Most of you know I've been yearning for my own crabbies for the three years I've been on the forum now. Most of you already know I have been busy setting my my newly acquired 55gal. Well, heat was a bit tricky although I got the largest Ultratherm (without heat it was at 73, with it was at 75), so that delayed obtaining crabs. Someone on Instagram suggested a thin layer of aluminum, so I did that and my tank has been a steady 79. ANYWAY, as you all know, I really didn't want to go to Petco. I reached out to all the Hermit Crab listings on Craigslist (6-ish) and got someone who was willing to let me adopt just the two crabs without buying everything else.
Last night I adopted/rescued my very first crabbies! I haven't had crabs since I was a child (who unfortunately didn't last long as I nor my parents had any idea for proper care and the internet wasn't a thing in our house yet)
Meet Shawn and Gus! Shawn is the larger of the two, I think his shell opening is about 1/4 an inch. Gus' shell opening is about the same, but it looks 100x too big for him! Shawn got straight to work uprooting my fake plants and when he was done there he ate some substrate, and then he drank some fresh water and briefly checked out the shells. Gus first ran to Shawn and then just hid for the rest of the night that we saw. Now Gus is hiding somewhere (assuming in the sub), and Shawn has a little cave in the sub and we can see it via side of the tank.
THEY ARE SO CUTE!!! *melts*
Both appear to be realitivitly healthy. They are just SO small! Poor Gus is in a little magpie that's like 100x too big for him. Because of their size I changed a few things already
I took out the shell shop basket I had and replaced it with half a kiddie plate much more on their level. I also took out the modified hamster wheel, they are so small, I think they won't be able to get it going! And I don't know how long it will take them to discover the water pools (which right now looks like they'd have to climb a skyscraper to get to). I added (not replaced) the other half of the kiddie plate with salt water and fresh water. There's sand in both and I saw Shawn drinking the fresh, so I think that was a good idea on my part. Oh, and I didn't think they could reach their dinner so I improvised. They can reach it but it doesn't look touched. Sorry about the book, but I'm such an excited "new" crab mom! Anyways, here's some pictures. I am posting a lot over on my Instagram page @christinescrabcare
Gus pic 1 and Shawn pic 2 & 4
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It's huge for them!! 
