Submarine named james23

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Submarine named james23

Post by Undercrablife » Sun Aug 06, 2017 10:30 pm

I named him james 23 cuase he was brought home i got a lebron james signed 23 hat. And hes a submarine cuase he as sunken underground(by that i mean dug) and i mean he is a jumbo im saving up to get a 20 gal long tank. So ill get pics as soon as he comes up

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Re: Submarine named james23

Post by daws409 » Mon Aug 07, 2017 9:38 pm

If he's a jumbo, he needs at least a 75 gal tank. Jumbos take up a lot of space by themselves but need even more for molting (at least 12" deep substrate)

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Re: Submarine named james23

Post by Undercrablife » Mon Aug 07, 2017 10:51 pm

daws409 wrote:If he's a jumbo, he needs at least a 75 gal tank. Jumbos take up a lot of space by themselves but need even more for molting (at least 12" deep substrate)

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Hes not much of jumbo

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Re: Submarine named james23

Post by C_fiesta » Thu Aug 10, 2017 1:49 pm

Undercrablife wrote:
daws409 wrote:If he's a jumbo, he needs at least a 75 gal tank. Jumbos take up a lot of space by themselves but need even more for molting (at least 12" deep substrate)

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Hes not much of jumbo

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Please use the size chart to verify his size. I thought mine were smaller than they were until I placed them on the chart.

If he is a jumbo crab, he needs a huge tank with lots and lots of substrate. Please be considerate of your crab's needs.

But also, welcome! That's a fun name! Hermit crabs are so cool. I hope you enjoy him!

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Re: Submarine named james23

Post by Undercrablife » Thu Aug 10, 2017 1:51 pm

C_fiesta wrote:
Undercrablife wrote:
daws409 wrote:If he's a jumbo, he needs at least a 75 gal tank. Jumbos take up a lot of space by themselves but need even more for molting (at least 12" deep substrate)

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Hes not much of jumbo

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Please use the size chart to verify his size. I thought mine were smaller than they were until I placed them on the chart.

If he is a jumbo crab, he needs a huge tank with lots and lots of substrate. Please be considerate of your crab's needs.

But also, welcome! That's a fun name! Hermit crabs are so cool. I hope you enjoy him!

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If hes a jumbo i dont have enough money for a big tank :( and if i cant get the tank the admins are gonna kick me off the HCA

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Re: Submarine named james23

Post by C_fiesta » Thu Aug 10, 2017 1:57 pm

That's silly. You're not going to get kicked of for not having a big enough tank. But you do need to measure your crab. He might not actually be as big as you think! And there's more to consider, like how many crabs do you have total? If you have just him (and if he indeed is a large not a jumbo) he could do OK in a 20gal for the time being. Just don't get any more crabs! You need to know so you can start planning for the future, whether that's giving him a new home or saving up for a bigger tank. There's lots of used tanks of craigslist/letgo/facebook marketplace/etc.

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Re: Submarine named james23

Post by Undercrablife » Thu Aug 10, 2017 2:00 pm

C_fiesta wrote:That's silly. You're not going to get kicked of for not having a big enough tank. But you do need to measure your crab. He might not actually be as big as you think! And there's more to consider, like how many crabs do you have total? If you have just him (and if he indeed is a large not a jumbo) he could do OK in a 20gal for the time being. Just don't get any more crabs! You need to know so you can start planning for the future, whether that's giving him a new home or saving up for a bigger tank. There's lots of used tanks of craigslist/letgo/facebook marketplace/etc.

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I have 3 otheres but one is just underground and he loves the other 2 they climb with eachother

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Re: Submarine named james23

Post by C_fiesta » Thu Aug 10, 2017 2:05 pm

Here's a link. Print out the size chart and size your crabs (that are above ground) up. http://www.hermitcrabassociation.com/ph ... 43#p852643

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Re: Submarine named james23

Post by Undercrablife » Thu Aug 10, 2017 2:06 pm

C_fiesta wrote:Here's a link. Print out the size chart and size your crabs (that are above ground) up. http://www.hermitcrabassociation.com/ph ... 43#p852643

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