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Is UV light necessary for land hermit crabs?

2020-05-06
In: Biology, Crabitat, FAQ, General
Tagged: beneficial, bulb, hermit crab, light, necessary, ultraviolet, uv, uva, uvb

There seems to be some controversy and confusion regarding the need for UV-B lighting with hermit crabs. Due to the esoteric nature of our chosen pets, few studies are available to draw from which explicitly study hermit crabs. There is however a considerable volume of research regarding crustaceans, and more specifically decapod biology available to study.Read More →

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Beneficial Foods Containing Zeaxanthin

2015-09-19
In: Food and Nutrition
Tagged: beneficial, benefits, booster, carotenoid, color, diet, enhancer, feeding, food, guide, healthy, hermit crab, important, information, nutrition, Zeaxanthin

Written by Julia Crab Saturday, 19 November 2005 Zeaxanthin is an important precursor to astaxanthin, the carotenoid crustaceans need most to regulate their body systems. If astaxanthin is hard to come by, then zeaxanthin is the substance that coenobita need most. Beta carotene, while a valuable carotenoid, is not used as efficiently by crabs and is not of as much dietary use as zeaxanthin is. The following lists are of zeaxanthin-containing foods. There are three lists, one each for foods containing high, moderate, and low or trace amounts of this important substance. They are partial and will be updated as new information comes in. FeedRead More →

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Mites: Friend or Foe? The Happy Tale of the Hypoaspis Mites

2013-02-21
In: Crabitat, General
Tagged: beneficial, friend, good, helpful, hermit crab, hypoaspis, mites, predatory

written by Kerie Campbell 2005 Two months ago, during deep clean, I took my largest compressus,Houdini, out of the tank, turned him over to have a look, and a red…thing fell out of his shell. I couldn’t believe it! Mites!Huge, red mites. Houdini had a few, Fifi had some, and poor Ghidra,a pre-molt rugosus, was covered with them. I was appalled. I inspect new crabs when I get them for mites, and have never seen any. The only explanation I have is that these mites, being a bright red color, must have snuck in on some of the perlatus – they are the same colorRead More →

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FAQ Should I feed my hermit crab meat?

2012-09-28
In: FAQ, Food and Nutrition
Tagged: balanced, beneficial, diet, dietary needs, FAQ, food, hermit crab, meat, nutrition, requirements, safe

This is a compilation of forum posts from our old site. Rachelrmf posted: I really was not all that big on the meat thing untill i came here and read that so many of you feed alot of meets. So i have alway put a little crab or shrimp or tuna in for them, but just every once in a while. So I was wondering is it on a daily basis that you should feed the meat. I have been changeing out fresh every day but can’t really tell about how much of it they are eating because they like to party at night soRead More →

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