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Food and Water

What Water do Hermit Crabs need? Hermit crabs that live on land NEED water at all times! They don’t swim, but they drink and bathe in water and it’s an essential part of their life cycle.  All types of land hermit crabs need fresh, detoxified water at all times plus saltwater as well. There are

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5 Store Bought Hermit Crab Foods Compared and Reviewed If you’re feeding your hermit crabs store bought hermit crab foods, consider the ingredients and form, besides the price.  We have used our hermit crabs to compare and review 5 common foods. These 5 foods are among the most common store-bought foods.  Spoiler alert: store-bought hermit

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Hermit crab food in a shell

Hermit Crab Food and Water Nutritious food and clean water is crucial for hermit crabs to remain healthy. Food and water are two of the six main elements that hermit crabs need to live long and happy, healthy lives. In the wild, hermit crabs live near the ocean and are scavengers, eating most anything edible

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Grow Fresh Food for your Hermit Crabs, easy and cheap! Why grow fresh food for your hermit crabs? easy cheap healthy readily available food source ensures no toxins or chemicals Choose easy, inexpensive and nutritious greens  and you AND your hermit crabs won’t be disappointed!  The one food that isn’t included in commercially packaged hermit

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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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