Hi I got sand for my crab, how much should I put in the tank

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 10:50 am

How much sand should I put in the tank like 4 inches, or u tell me.. I had hard rocks for my hermies to crawl on and someone told me that its bad for them when they molt..... so how much????

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 5:51 pm

You can have any where from 1 to 3 inchs. Also aquarmin safe gravel is ok for your crabs as well. But is must say aquarim safe. I would save any extra sand for next month when you change it. Hope this helps

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 5:52 pm

i have 4 inches of sand

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 5:55 pm

4 inchs should be fine, but next time i would save the rest and leave it at 3 inchs.

Christa · Post by **Christa** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 9:35 pm

The sand should be twice as deep as your biggest crab. So if you have a normal smallish hermie, three inches is fine. The larger they get, the more sand you should have in there, unless you're going to use a separate isolation tank.

If you use a separate isolation tank for molting, then you need to keep a close eye on the hermie and when he starts digging, you move him into the isolation tank.

That's what I do (have separate isolation tanks). My jumbo isolation tank has about 18 inches of playsand in it, but that's because my jumbos are all the way up to softball-sized!

Plus I like to spoil my hermies.

But in general for a new crabber, I'd say 3 to 4 inches is fine.

happy crabbing!
Christa

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 6:56 am

Thank you for the correction!