Hi all,
I have had my hermies for about a month and a half now. When I forst got them they were fairly active....at night...which is normal since they are nocturnal. Now they might come up two or three times a week, Why is this? Am I doing something wrong? I don't think they could be molting...there are no signs....they are all brightly colored and look really good...except for my smallest...he's not that colorful.
My temp and humidity is between 75 and 80. I have fresh and salt water...fresh food and water everyday.
Is there anything else I can do????
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How big is your tank? ANd how many crabs do you have in your tank? IF the space they are living in is too small they tend to be less active in my opinion. I started my 2 crabs off in a 2.5 gallon tank and now I have them in a 5.5 gallon tank. They are a lot more active now. It could be a lot of other reasons as to why they arn't more active, but I do believe the space size does contribute to their wanting to move around more. Hope this helps!
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Here's a pic of my Crabitat. 10 gallon tank. is\ it too crowded maybe??
http://s176.photobucket.com/albums/w191 ... 0101-1.jpg
haha...P.S. bottom left under the big shell is Moses.
http://s176.photobucket.com/albums/w191 ... 0101-1.jpg
haha...P.S. bottom left under the big shell is Moses.
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Ok, I just thought of something. Would a Loud ear piercing noise such as a college dormatory fire alarm(that will hurt the human ear) stress hermies out, and therefore put them under ground to de stress.
We had a fire drill last Tue(2/13), and our fire alarm in our rooms is a constant, ear piercing....screech i guess you could say. They have not been active since then....
However, my large hermie is vibrantly colored and has been down for about 2 weeks now.
Just a thought...what do you guys think?
We had a fire drill last Tue(2/13), and our fire alarm in our rooms is a constant, ear piercing....screech i guess you could say. They have not been active since then....
However, my large hermie is vibrantly colored and has been down for about 2 weeks now.
Just a thought...what do you guys think?
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i don't know, that's a good question. i know that they can feel the vibrations with their antenna, but i'm not sure about a high pitched sound.
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Your tank looks great, just one sujection, The sand don't look that deep, If you have a large crab, the sand is suppose to be 1 to 2 inches deeper than him. Some of my crabs love to bury themselves during the day and at night come out. I think it just a natural hiding thing for them, even if they have somewhere else to hide.
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