HELP

[hermit crabs rock 10]

Plz help! my hermies in the tank but by there tank there r the pests by it i told my mom and she said to leave it so plz tell me what to do if i should listen to her?

[CrabbyJo]

What kind of pests?

Without more info there's not much we can do...
what kind of tank do you have?
what kind of lid is on it?
What sort of heat source do you have?

What do you feed your crabs?
How often do you change the food?

What kind of substrate do you have? (such as sand, or eco earth, etc.)
Is it wet or dry?

What is the temperature in the tank?
What is the humidity?

All of these things will help us determine what you should do, so please answer them ALL the best you can.

[hermit crabs rock 10]

my mom said the pests like the grapes i have for my hermies the lid on my tank has tiny hloes in it and i feed them grapes. i have sand at the bottom of my tank and it is dry,my mom said we dont need a heater for hermies but in the tank its about 80 degrees in it. the tank is a ten gallon and it used to be a fish tank. My mom said we dont need a heat source and the crab tank use to be a fish tank. i change there food every 2 days.

[ladybug15057]

There is not much we can do, but maybe if you have your mom read the crab care section here at the HCP she will see that there are certain criteria they need?

As for the gnats, please do read this recent thread about gnats/fruit flies:

viewtopic.php?f=99&t=3713&hilit=gnats

[hermit crabs rock 10]

thx guys ill do that and tell her!

HELP! my tank is now full of these little pests all ova the shells and toys!!!! what should i do!!!

[ladybug15057]

Please read above for the recommendations already advised.

[CrabbyJo]

Read the link that Ladybug gave you, even if some of it seems boring. You will find the information you need.

Also, if they are going after the grapes, try not to feed fruit for a bit of time until the gnats are gone. Change the food out every morning when it is fresh food.

You can put a small dish of vinegar and water outside the tank to attract the bugs. Do not put the dish inside the tank. If you cover it with saran wrap and put a hole in the top, the bugs can get in but won't easily get out and will drown in the vinegar water that attracted them. You may want to put out two or three dishes around the tank.

It sounds like you don't need a heater right now, but in the winter you might. It's important to have a thermometer and humidity gauge in the tank, so make sure you get those.

Do read the crab care section, it's important to have all that your hermies need to live a long time.

[CrabbyJo]

by the way you asked if you should listen to your mom - absolutely. But in the mean time you can read up on the information Ladybug linked for you, and then share the information with your mom. Then perhaps your mom will see the need to get rid of the bugs, as well as the ways to get rid of them which are pretty simple.

Your job is to convince your mom to help you, or to allow you to do some things on your own to help your crabs, unless she feels you need an adult to help.

[Wai]

In the future, to save both your time and ours, please give us as much detail as you can about the problem you are having at the beginning. That way we don't have to guess what is going on in your tank so that the problem is solved as quickly as possible.

[hermit crabs rock 10]

help! there are bugs on one of my hermies and on the sand! what should i do? i have three hermies in a ten gallon tank, i have braches for them to climb water and shrimp and snail for them to eat i have know clue why they r there! p-lz help!