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Large hermit crab sitting in the middle of a clump of microgreens growing in his habitat

Microgreens in a Hermit Crab Tank We added a cup of microgreens to our hermit crab tank. What happened? The results were quite predictable! Hermit crabs LOVE plants. If you’ve ever added a live plant into your hermit crab  tank, most likely you learned within that first 24 hours just how much hermit crabs love […]

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Hermit Crab Habitat Ikea Detolf Crabitat Hack for Hermit Crab Pets

Habitat for Hermit Crabs Habitat Ideas, DIY Decor, How-to’s! A habitat for hermit crabs is often affectionately referred to as a “CRABITAT”. There are lots of ways to create a safe, healthy hermit crabitat. We’ve got lots of ideas for small to large enclosures, from tanks to large furniture hacks.  Provide these  8 essential elements in your

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Add Moss to your Hermit Crab Tank! Why add moss to your hermit crab tank?  helps maintain humidity and moisture inside the enclosure stimulates a hermit crab’s digging and burrowing natural behaviors provides an attractive element to the habitat that is representative of a hermit crab’s natural environment There are thousands of varieties of moss

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Hermit Crab Habitat Ikea Detolf Crabitat Hack for Hermit Crab Pets

As an Amazon Associate I may earn from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you. Hermit Crabs Love Moving Water Hermit crabs love moving water because it stimulates some of their most basic instincts. In the wild, they live along shorelines where the ocean never stops moving. Not only does the ocean act as

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Sargassum seaweed washed up on beautiful island beach seashore, hermit crab food

What Hermit Crabs Eat in the Wild A healthy, well-balanced hermit crab pet diet should include an understanding of what hermit crabs eat in the wild. Their natural habitat is ocean-adjacent, along beaches and in mangroves.  A large part of a hermit crab’s natural diet comes washed up from the ocean where they forage for

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Crabitat Solution to Protect Hermit Crabs from Fallen Tunnels in Substrate

Crabitat Solution to Prevent Tunnel Collapse in Substrate and add square footage for molting! Crabitats that have large hermit crab pets need 5-8″ of substrate. But what happens when you have a heavy water bowl sitting on the surface level, and hermit crabs tunneling underneath? They WILL dig underneath! The problem: There’s a danger of

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Ikea Detolf Crabitat Hack Update: Ikea discontinued the Ikea Detolf, but has several other options that also work great as hermit crab habitat hacks. I’ve also included a couple of Ikea Detolf knock-off cabinets available on Amazon, below.  This guide and tips for the Ikea Detolf will help you plan out and build any hermit

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