Which beach would u release them? And how u know that there has manty other hermit crabs? Im sure u r very expert in hermit crabs n will b great if u can show me ur hermit crabs 1 day. Where is ur location?

i choose not to disclose the beach location due to it may endanger the hermit crab population there. Pls understand.
I am from Shah Alam. I no longer keep land hermit crab, n now trying out marine hermit crab.

You can release it in the mid morning from 9am to 11am. Best place to release them is under a shady tree or large rock spots, within minutes they will start wandering around for cool spot for burrow.

at night you can watch many hermit crabs in their natural habitat mah...

oic... does marine hermit crabs lives longer and not as vulnarable as the land hermet crabs?

if you have a marine aquarium, with some clown fish, cleaner wrasse and damsel fish. Marine hermit crab will be a good tank mate that crawl the bottom of the tank picking up leftover food and particles.

Marine hermit crabs are not as messy as keeping land hermit crabs. Marine hermit crab are also less choosy on it diet, it eats dead fish and sinking fish food in flakes or pellets or even sea algae.

You just need to control & maintain the water parameters & salinity and frequent water changes necessary weekly or bi-weekly at 10% to 25% of a full tank of sea water.

In this case you need to have ready mixed sea water, prior to the water change.

I have posted a video and pictures about marine hermit crabs in previous postings you can have a look.

As to the lifespan to marine hermit crab, it is still unknown to me. Anyone knows are welcome to post here.

This post has been edited by blitzboy: May 5 2009, 12:50 PM

Haha, thats the winning advantage


Adding to your explanation above, marine hermit crab have variable life span in captivity. It ranged from 5 years to 45 years just like the land hermit crab. What pressure them is the water ph level and temperature. True marine hermit crab is easy to keep since it only requires 35% of land and the rest is water so most of their waste will be in water than on the sand.

hi, i just bought 3 hermit crabs from inQbox at 1U, i was attracted at them cause not many people have them and the brochure said they easy to take care of.

i have no information at all how to take care of them except what they write on the brochure, they write there easy to take care of so i thought not much
have to do,

but now i read got so many things to be aware of.

so my 1st question is, how to tell what type of my hermit is,

i bought them for rm5 each...

hello...welcome to crabby thread...as a reminder, no matter wat pet u having, study bout their living habitat,food, environment of the pet is a must. no pet tat is easy to take care.different pet require different care and food. so go google it.....hermit crab can be differentiated by thier shape, color and what type of shell they are choosing.

looks like the shop people doesnt know anything at all about hermit, she told me all different stuff than what i read

most of the petshop in malaysia do not hav much knowledge on what they are selling..so better do ur own before u get any..

where all the previous owner of hermit in this thread? looks like no one have hermit anymore

i think they busy v their life n work...and some no longer having hermit d...

T.T too late for me to ask advice?

Go ahead and ask. I guess alot of old members have stopped coming in here. For me, I stopped keeping hermits coz I decided to concentrate on other pets. But do have a crab. A Mangrove crab which I find easier to keep. But I can still remember about hermit crabs.

I am still around. Although i have stopped keeping hermit crabs, my knowledge is still intact.

First page updated! Pet Lover Center @ Pet Safari in Ikano now carries hermit crabs and shells!

This post has been edited by onscreen: Jul 1 2009, 03:10 PM

from my experience,
i usually use cocofibre be bedding will do. (must dry)
then juz put a small delicup to let them drink.
feed them with rice , bread , fruits will do.

More updates! large strawberry hermit crab on sale in Pets Family @ Taman Megah, SS24, beside Ming Tian food court! Check first page

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Added on July 5, 2009, 8:19 pmHope this put a clearer direction to new hermit crab keepers

This post has been edited by onscreen: Jul 5 2009, 08:19 PM

Can we use coral sand for the crabitat? It's the sand commonly used for marine aquariums.

hi...yes u can....u can even separate it into 2 areas...one with coconut fiber, the other with the sand....i prefer fine sand because it can be the comfortable mediu mfor the hermit to dig into it :