Found something white crawling on my hermie..
-
RYANDM
- Zygote
- Posts: 12
- Joined: 22 Jul 2009, 16:26
- Hermit crabs: 0
- Total gallons: 20
- Total tanks: 1
Found something white crawling on my hermie..
I was closely looking at my PP'S and noticed this small white bug or whatever crawling on one of my PP'S leg! I immediately took out all my PP'S and gave them all a salt water bath.. What might have prevented this?
-
CrabbyJo
- Coenobita
- Posts: 1849
- Joined: 21 Jan 2009, 13:31
- Gender: Female
- Hermit crabs: 7
- Total gallons: 85
- Total tanks: 4
- Location: Alaska
Re: Found something white crawling on my hermie..
First you have to find out just what the pest is. If you put your hermies right back into your tank, they still have the problem. The bugs are in the tank, and all the substrate has to be disposed of as well as all of the tank supplies boiled. The crabs will need another bath before placing them back into the cleaned tank. You will have to do this again in about 5 days to make sure if any more hatched they are also gotten rid of. You won't necessarily see them, but they can hide easily. If you aren't very diligent with this they will only return.
It really depends on what kind of bug you've got. Look here to see if you can identify it:
Mite information
It really depends on what kind of bug you've got. Look here to see if you can identify it:
Mite information
Last edited by emmac350 on 01 Aug 2009, 23:52, edited 2 times in total.
Reason: I fixed the link in it
Reason: I fixed the link in it
6 hermit crabs - 3 PPs and 3 Equadorians
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please feel free to share information from this website, but please be sure to give credit and a link back to the information. Failure to give credit is plagiarism. Don't take credit for someone else's information.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please feel free to share information from this website, but please be sure to give credit and a link back to the information. Failure to give credit is plagiarism. Don't take credit for someone else's information.
-
ladybug15057
- Coenobita
- Posts: 3098
- Joined: 03 Mar 2008, 04:12
- Gender: Female
- Hermit crabs: 82
- Total gallons: 305
- Total tanks: 7
- Location: Southwestern Pa., U.S.
Re: Found something white crawling on my hermie..
There is also a Pest Guide that maybe of some help in helping you to ID what kind of pest it is.
Marie (aka ladybug15057)
If you are contacted privately (via pm or e-mail) and enticed to join another forum, please contact a Crab Crew member. This is an unethical practice.
If you are contacted privately (via pm or e-mail) and enticed to join another forum, please contact a Crab Crew member. This is an unethical practice.