Wow, strawberries finally arrive in malaysia. is not easy to get them here, strawberries are endangered. they are less hardly then ruggs. what's the going price?

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Where's your location?


Just incase some of you can't get beach sand, you may use crushed corals as well. Ask for the smallest grade, if not mistaken is 3. hermits love to burrow inside it. Reusable and cheap compared to beach sand.

For calcium can use cuttle bone. Pets shops selling birds might have them. Or you may be lucky to find some on the beach as well.

Forgot so many terms.. Haha, long time never keep crabs already.

bee002: The small one you have behind the straws is an Ecuadorian or a Rugg?

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Haha, hermit crabs doesn't require too many items. But last time did bought heater, drift wood, lighting, terra vines that sum up to more than 300 for setup. End up need to study somewhere else, terpaksa send all for adoption. zzz.

Hermit crabs don't really do well alone, they are socialize creatures, keep 2 - 3 will be good. But maintenance is cheap and easy.

Bee002: Can't see your crabs clearly, but someone mentioned so just asking lo.

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1 utama might have. The only petshop at the car park region.
Pets Mart 88 might have also, but last time saw all old stocks.
I'm not sure now, but last time Selayang Mall and Mutiara Complex carries alot. Especially Mutiara Complex, they have a cachement containing sacks of shells of different kinds.

ERm, I don't have any recent photos to share, mine are all given away. Here's some photos of mine two years ago de..

Linked to first thread
First habitat and some ruggs

Upgraded habitat with 3 ft aquarium

Hermit crab's eggs

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Thanks zoejehuty. I can't, cause I'm stuck at hostel in Johor. The setup was taken apart already, aquarium, humidifier and lighting given to people to rear fishes.

Still got some shells, some crushed corals, and other decor.. Keeping is relatively easy, my siblings can help me feed them, but the person that occupies my room can't tolerate the sound of them knocking their shells against the glass during the night.

You guys can make one something similar too if you all have the time. Is quite easy and cheap if you have an aquarium set along with small filter and lighting. Just need to buy some artificial plants.

This post has been edited by empty_reg: Nov 6 2008, 08:42 AM

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Lighting just to make the tank nicer to see when you turned it on. The humidifier acts like misting spray to keep the air not too dry. <But this is just optional, can do it manually.

We tend to mist or spray our crabitat like once a day with salt water as hermit crabs breath thru their modified gills which requires damp air.

Sea hermit can't live without seawater and land hermit can't live in seawater. If you caught it on land, then is a land hermit, in sea then it'll be a sea hermit. Both are different. Throwing a land hermit inside the sea might kill it.