Hermit crab sand

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Hermit crab sand

Post by Crab2233 » Tue Sep 26, 2017 8:39 am

Is this okay?

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Post by GotButterflies » Tue Sep 26, 2017 10:24 am

No, calcium sand is considered dangerous. It can harden when wet. The HCA recommends just regular playsand, which is much cheaper! You can get that at Lowes, Home Depot, Toys R Us, sometimes Ace Hardware. Made by Quicrete :)
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Re: Hermit crab sand

Post by ROSIEonFIRE » Wed Sep 27, 2017 9:18 pm

Unfortunately, a good rule of thumb regarding hermit crab product safety is asking yourself, 'is it marketed for hermit crabs?' If the answer is yes than it is probably not actually hermit crab safe. The majority of products you find marketed for hermit crabs at the pet store are actually unsafe. That includes calcium based sand, pellet food and painted shells, to name just a few. Good job on doing your homework though!
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Re: Hermit crab sand

Post by Hermiesguardian » Thu Oct 26, 2017 5:29 pm

GotButterflies wrote:No, calcium sand is considered dangerous. It can harden when wet. The HCA recommends just regular playsand, which is much cheaper! You can get that at Lowes, Home Depot, Toys R Us, sometimes Ace Hardware. Made by Quicrete :)
I got this at Home Depot. Is it the right sand. They had 2 types of play sand. The customer service person said the other one was more for filling in paving, rougher. This sand she said was finer, more like beach sand.Image

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Re: Hermit crab sand

Post by GotButterflies » Fri Oct 27, 2017 6:35 am

That is perfect


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Re: Hermit crab sand

Post by Hermiesguardian » Fri Oct 27, 2017 9:00 am

GotButterflies wrote:That is perfect Image


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Re: Hermit crab sand

Post by GotButterflies » Fri Oct 27, 2017 2:16 pm

Yw!


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