Hermit Crab Terrarium & You

[kojirodensetsu]

How much money does a terrarium of this size typically cost?

[laelam03]

My name is Laela

[hahahahahahaha9987]

i have 9 hermit crabs

[coxbrea151]

I love it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Gave me good ideas for my 20 gallon tall i'm getting.

[barbx356]

yes it will i looked it up



[Aqcheercaptain]

geese im getting a 55 gallon and u have a 35 wow i just realized how big the tank will be m also using my current 20 gallon on top of it and filling in the tank with mosspits

[soopananny]

I LOVE THIS I ADDED THIS TO MY HERMIT CRAB BLOG...HOPE THATS OK YOU HAVE INSPIRED ME SO MUCH :)

[NYKxHD]

wer did u get ur crabs

[the0golden0ace]

no wonder my crabs do nothing

[Cazbaz1982]

This is a really nice set up. It has inspired me to redo mine.

[JamieJuicyStyles209]

What are you feeding you crabs ??

[Bomberboy92]

i've got one question... i've also get bedding as well as sand but i now i've realised it's gonna be hard to separate the two, considering i'll have to wash the sand and chuck the bedding after a while. any tips on how i can separate them? i use ground coral sand and coconut bedding. any help will be appreciated!

[Tygress99]

I am taking in all tips i can. i just got a new one for my b-day. I am getting used to all the stuff you have to do with them.

[MrDogsofwar505]

how do you make your hermit crab tank humid?

[Tygress99]

@MrDogsofwar505 i heard you can mist the tank with slightly warm water.

[MandieRAWR]

My crab is Molting and messing up the tank..

[PhoeniXKi11]

cool hermit crab tank are they still alive considering this video is a couple of years old

[MrYoshiOwns1]

How big of a terrarium should I get, I have 6 hermit crabs. Two pretty large, one medium, and the other three small. How many gallons should I get?

[tinababy1231]

Loved your video! How big is your tank? And Why do you have sand and dirt in there together? I am fixing to buy 2 hermit crabs so i might use ur video for some help on designing the tank.

[Angor31698754]

Every one look at my video called hermit crabs on my channel Angor31698754

[origamimaster123456]

at 2:49 did she say your a good crap

[Aqcheercaptain]

READ BELOW FIRSt my other crabs cant even get there heads in to the shell im hopin that those 60 shells will make them switch all my other shells are way to big for them i have 2 huge crabs in good shells that fit them they are the only crabs in normal sized shells also i have one crab in a painted shell and the guy below took the one that he was going to switch in to to molt again those 60 shells are comin in a about to weekes

[Aqcheercaptain]

im gettin 60 shells all different sizes hoping my 5 crabs will switch in to total iv got 8 crabs in a twenty gallon and i got a hermit crab 4 weeks ago he switched from a painted to a non painted shell and now hes in a way to small shell i have plenty of big onse but he didnt switch any way in the first 3 hours he starts diggin i swoitched him to the iso tank and hes molting i never got to even see his face

[MsDawn46]

i love ur tank im getting one soon!

[shaheennobar]

You rock reply pleaseeee

[MrRootbeer1924]

l like rearranging things 

[jak14526]

mine lost it to

[MrArgyman]

i have a 15 gallon tank is that big enough?

[tazio998]

are all fake plants safe for hermit crabs?

[ohyourgoingdown]

@tazio998 yes but i dont use them i use live plants like the bromelia

[beardeddragonlove]

YOU ARE AWSOME YOUR HERMIT CRABS PROBABLY LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!

[meaghanrachel]

your Crabitat is BEAUTIFUL

[shaelikestaquitos]

i want to get two strawberry hermit crabs, how big of an aquarium should i get for them? ^-^

[demonwing9999]

Respond to this video... Respond to this video... kool habitat i just brought some crabs i need advice badly

[hermitcrabexpert123]

i really like the way your tank is setup. awsome job. your hermies are cute too

[legoman1527]

I know a guy thad mimiked a tide pool for turuarium and the hermit crabs lovet it. another guy made a little bit of a beach head for his hermit crabs and they liked it as well, give yu any ideas

[lucrenta9]

did you know that if they lose a leg that it will regenerate??

not an excuse to rip them off

[TheCliffhanger44]

Luv yur vids could u make another tank vid?

[MsZoologist1]

would a 10 gallon be good, if I make two more levels? Like you mention at 6:20 in the video? for two hermies? I'm 12 and hoping to get one.

[campod3]

how much money was the tank?i love it!where did u get the tank

[campod3]

i love it soo much i want that

[campod3]

omg i love love it best best best vid ever!!!!!!!! please add me as a friend

[gia5191]

hey, thank you sooo much for making your videos! they have helped me coome far with my hermit crab terrarium. i have a ten gallon and three hermit crabs. i hope to be show i video about them soon. how many gallons is your tank?

[sailor5687]

i love my hermies but i feel bad a couple years ago when i got them one pinched me my falt i didnt care so i sprayed him put him on the ground put him in the water dish would not loosen up just pinched harder after a while i had to put a lighter to his back i regret this so much i feel terrible he let go and went into the half full water dish and then i turned him over to cool down his shell all the way i feel so bad but the crab is fine he climbs all over and is friendly

[KookyKlicker]

Great setup! i just have 1 question you know that hut/climbing thong on the bottom left side well i was looking for one i saw them at a store it was size small and like $25 so what size and how much was yours?

[Hermitcrabcrazy123]

LOVE THE SETUP!!!

[KookyKlicker]

HI umm i loved the vid and all but i have a question you know that thing in the bottom left side of the tank i saw one and it was like $25 so like how much was yours?

[automagicashie]

Way to go!!!!

[olya96]

how do u know if its a boy or girl??/

[KoprowskiG119]

YOU tip over your crab...and then youll see three sections of ... like columns ....on its tummy....on the third layer if its a girl youll see two dots...if its a boy you wont see dots.... :) hope you take good care of your crabs like mee and the girl with the awsome tank and cute crabs

[soyfilib]

What type of vines did you use that your crab is climbing on? Also how did you hang them? Thanks!

[soyfilib]

That is a great set up! I am modeling my terrarium after yours!

[automagicashie]

Better than the lady from expert village ;D

[812cate]

can u make some more vids of ur hermit crabs? i really like ur videos and my hermit crabs r always sleeping and im going to get some more stuff for them today

[JENNIFERESTRADA9]

how big is that tank?

its big1

[corefinder]

im getting a hermit crab in a week or so and was wondering, what is molting?

[ilovezac126]

@corefinder

Molting is when a crab sheds his exo-skeleton (outer shell) and for about 3 weeks. Dont disturb little crabula and spray his area where he is molting.

~Allyissa

[stupedpoop]

hi kyauch! i JUST got a crabitat and put my crabs in 2 days ago and they are doing AWESOME! my humidity is at approx. 76% but my temperature is aliitle bit low.

[sailor5687]

the day i brought him or her from petco i opened the opened the cardboard lid thing and a little while later he was on the top of the cardboard takehome box he escapes all of my play pens and temporary cages )=

[sailor5687]

one my hermit crabs is a escape artist

[d3amond]

my hermit crabs have hurt intenas

[sailor5687]

they will grow back during the next molts don't worry to much

[dogalicis]

how much was the wire i want to get one

[naanaa123454321]

1 hermit crab per 5 gallons so eather a ten or 15 gallon

[dogalicis]

not true

[colonelsplayer3]

what size tank should i have for 3 hermit crabs

[darkfalhz]

You change all thoses things... lol Like me I do it often.

[h2ojustaddwatergirl5]

pleaze help me ny hermit crabs arent climbing but they dig only sometimes. and i barley see them eat and in the moring i C no food that is moved. someone tell me wat 2 do

[le0121]

Is it humid and warm enough? Maybe you shoukld change their habitata a little , make it funner. You should give them fruits and veggies. They should have buddies. if you have all that they may just be the boring type or maybe... passing

[lemonzhead]

the same thing is with me...but they are fine as long as you change their food daily... hermit crabs eat very little and only a bit at a time so maybe you just cant tell they are eating but they are=]

[dogalicis]

okay hemit craBS ARE MORE ACTYIVE AT NIGHT SO DONT WORRY

[IvyDaXia]

Your TAT looks nice. I was wondering if you knew that the crabs can climb very well, and without a lid they could crawl right out...and if you dont have a lid on it you CANT keep the humidity IN. Crabs need humidity to breathe because they breathe through "modified GILLS" without the humidity they will suffocate and with too much humidity they drown. just a FYI

[XGCPR3D4T0R]

Not to be rude, but if something is a natural instinct then you can't lose it. . .Nice vid though very informative

[maregee]

I love your set up. I only have 2, John & Yoko and I want more! I need a bigger crabitat tho. I swear that my two throw keggers at night. Every morning their tank is a mess! *LOL* They woke my daughter, whose room was upstairs in the attic, one night they were so noisy!

[CFgirl]

Thank you for your videos of your hermit crabs. I am setting up a 29 gallon aquarium for them. It's set up, but I'm not getting them for another month or so because I want to buy them a ton of climbing things. All I have is some hiding places, water bowls, sand 6"-8" deep, fake climbing plants, and a small second level (well, above the home made hiding places I added dirt layered for them to climb on to.

[sqeker09]

Kyouch, i got my crabs in a 10 gallon tank and i only got 2 crabs but i got like 1-2 inches of eco-earth in there and climbing stuff but it's kinda hard to put alot of stuff in a 10 gallon tank. and another thing you said that you can tell your crabs like the home if they move around? well mine don't move around much at all well only at night and thats not much. any tips.

[lemonzhead]

try changing their substrate sometimes they enjoy sand... or maybe they dont like the food so they dont eat and aren't active... whatever the problem is you need to get to the bottom of it...

[hermitcrabs411]

ShocknAwe2006 for your hermit crabs you can use just regular play sand and if u get it you have to wet it with salt water and that will be good for molting

[deadlyangel25]

great vid xD

[ShocknAwe2006]

what kind of dirt did you use, it kind of looks synthetic! Also, every pet store I go to ,looking for some good sand, all they have is the colored kind and I don't trust it. What is a good inexpensive kind of sand? I am working out of a 10 gallon tank with gravel right now, but I want to get that gravel out before they try and start molting!!!

[laurelc95]

She's using Eco-Earth, I think, you can buy it in a compressed brick. Then you soak it in water and it gets a lot bigger. And a good inexpensive sand is actually playsand, you can buy it at any Home Depot store.

[Polyman92]

Nice crabitat good job!!

[funfamily07]

thoses water pillows dont realy last long with my crabs.

[ilovegurls59]

nice tank lol do you name ur crabs after peeps on futrama lol i love that show and i love ur tank what size is it...

[SugaBit]

you have a nice crabitat, but you should add more climbing toys & maybe a few second levels, you definately have the space. you can make second levels using shower/bath caddy's, baskets, locker shelves, & some people make their own out of plexiglass.

[Crilio101]

this is awesome!But how much was your tank

[Beaver411player]

Thats a really nicely set up tank! It gave me some good Ideas for the 29 gallon crabitat I am setting up!

[kyauch]

Thanks! Everyone always asks where I get everything from. A good idea is to always check the Aquarium Isle or the Amphibian/Lizard decorations. They are actually perfect for the crabs because it lets them climb. Only thing is- watch out for anything that may have holes they might climb into and not be able to get out of. I had one get stuck once and had to cut the poor guy out of the climbing decor!

[ironfisteagleclaw]

Your crabs are so cute:) I Just got set up with a 20 gal tank this eve. I was in a 10 gal but I wanted to get more crabs and give them way more space to play and such. I love your Terrarium!

[chongmichael]

I live in an area of which most people have mammal's have pet's. I might get a hermit crab (if I can find where they can sell) And I don't know where to buy terrarium supplies. Like, climbing stuff and a tank.

[whiteball116]

you can get most crabs from petsmart or other pet stores but they tend to be more expencive you can also get them from local stores and tend to be cheaper and for the supplies i have a plain 10 gallon fish tank and for stuff for them to climb on the stores should have stuff or you can use rocks and stuff from outside but you should boil them in hot water before you put them in (dont forget the let it dry) so if weather or other animals did anything to it its safer for them

[kyauch]

It depends on how well you take care of them, or if they are living in the wild. They have been known to be as old as 100 years old. Some 90 year old lady had one as a pet when she was 10 and had it until the day she died! It's amazing what some people don't know about them. :)

[sailor5687]

@kyauch i have hermit crabs to there so cool and fun and love the climmb when i put them in the middle of the cafe and mist them they go wild and climb up everything in the cage

[angellovescats]

is that eco-earth? (and the other part is sand I see)

[boo75757575]

ok umm i just got some hermit crabs therere so F kool i love them but it seems they dont eat and they sleep alot!.... so yea so i kinda need help , i have 3 but one is very shy and doesnt like comming out of its shell and the other 2 love cralling on my hand :):): so yea HELP :)

[kyauch]

Hermit crabs don't eat a lot, so sometimes it seems as though they aren't eating anything. Although, right before they molt they will chow down like pigs! :) And a lot of times you don't see them eat because they tend to eat at night time.

They all have different personalities. Some are shy and others hyper. I try to take the shy ones out and get them used to being around you. (hold them even if they don't come out, they eventually get used to it and come out more often!)

[boo75757575]

thank you :):) ill make a video soon of mine so u can see and why aremine a greyish coulour and some on here and red?? or pink

[Stewcatter]

love ur crabs tank. but i need some help. my 4 hermies never climb any more and i am wondering what will get them into it again

[kyauch]

Yeah, mine get slow sometimes too. Sometimes I think they get bored from the same old setup in the tank. What I have found is that I need to keep switching thier climbing objects around. Take some things out, put new things in. Then take and switch the shells around that you have in there. I do this every week with the shells and every 2 weeks with the climbing things. Move things around for a change of scenery and add new toys/rocks/shells and they should boogy around in no time..

[john161622]

i like ur big tank its cool

[dirtbikeman129]

how do u get there poo out of the tank its realy big and how often do u clean it

[kyauch]

I use a sand/dirt sifter to get that out. You can sift every 3 weeks as long as you pick up scraps of food they cart off. Then after 3-4 months, depending how piggy they are- I take the crabs out into an isolation tank, and scoop out the old dirt with a garden shovel and put new dirt in.

[dirtbikeman129]

i can tell that u realy like ur hermit crabs i only have 2 and i have a 5.5 galon tank

[dirtbikeman129]

how do u clean that tank its huge

[pencilgeek62]

thats a really nice crabitat! youre so lucky you can have a terrarium like that.

[LuisMayo120]

wow cool terrarium

[avrilrules77]

Wow

Last night my hermit crab lost his leg

[kyauch]

If you have a good set-up for him where he can molt his leg should regenerate during his next molt. I adopted a crab from someone who was getting rid of thiers and one of the crabs was missing a leg. During the next molt he grew a new one!

[avrilrules77]

Oh and...

Before she lost her leg last night

She already lost her leg before

after she grew it back

she lost ig again

its kinda weird

[kyauch]

hmmm..that is wierd.

Are there any other crabs in there besides that one? Maybe someone is picking on that one and fighting with him?

Or is there anything that he might accidentally cut his leg on that is sharp in there?? I would look around and see if there is anything sharp in there or if there is anything his leg might get caught on. Poor little guy!

[avrilrules77]

Ya i have some more

but they dont pick on her

they just are usally on the climbing wall

and no

my tank is just sand and soil so

[hermitcrabcare]

Good. ^^

[hermitcrabcare]

Do you spray the tank? That's how you should keep in moisture and humidity.

[kyauch]

yes, that's what it says on #3 that I have on my list.

3) Mist w/water once daily- but not too much.

[ilikecoffeemilkalot]

ok i have to know a couple things... does a crabitat really need humidity? ive had my crab for 7 months without humidness in the tank and he seems fine... can i leave two crabs in a small tank together?

[kyauch]

Oooh yes. It is very important. Hermit Crabs have what they call dry gills. They start theier life in the ocean and then move to shore. Even though they no longer use them per say, they still require humidity. It can be very painful for a hermit crab to have dry gills, and they can die. But it makes sense - any creature with gills needs moisture, without it- they are a fish out of water...

[ilikecoffeemilkalot]

ok, so that means i have to buy the humidity machine? i dont know why they didnt have one in the mall's tank where i bought him

[kyauch]

I do not have a humidity machine.

1) You need to have a humidity gage and temperature gage. Humidty should be kept around 70-85% Temp around 70F-80F.

2) The substrate does all the work. Use T-Rex Forest Bed Expandable Substrate. It naturally holds moisture.

3) Mist w/water once daily- but not too much.

4) Have a glass lid, but keep it open a crack. (a pen should fit in the crack.)

Adjust accordingly..misting a little more/less, or opening the lid more/less...it's easy! :)

[meowmixplzdeliver1]

do they like to climb or no?

[kyauch]

Oh yes! Mine climb up the tree set ups I have and in the branches and the hanging plants. I've even come into the room and they have magically climbed up along the top of the terrarium! (even though there was 4 inches or more between the top and the next climbing object.) They are VERY skilled climbers and very strong. They climb coconut trees in the wild...

[meowmixplzdeliver1]

thank you

[LeenyChan]

Nice set up for the herms :)