Hermit only tank info?

[Kapachuka3]

So I was thinking about a hermit only tank would this be possible to have dirt and a water put or something I saw something like this on an Instagram page. I heard also that you can feed them potato chips and junk food stuff, is this type of crab a hermit crab or any those type. I was thinking of a small tank maybe 2:5 gallons. I think it would be cool to not waste food and just feed it to crabs instead.

 

[BurlyWizard]

If your goal is to not "waste food", I wouldn't suggest a hermit crab aquarium. Even if some crabs can digest human food (nothing I've seen before but I'm not an expert), I would not expect them to consume any significant amount to offset letting your food go to waste.

Are you talking about land hermit crabs with dirt? Or a water-filled aquarium? Oily human food in water isn't going to be a good mix, and would cause some serious challenges in water quality and surface oils.

Judging by this one message, your best bet may be a small aquarium not filled with water, and some of the land hermits they sell at pet stores. Then maybe you could toss in a piece of a chip every once in a while? Would need to research.

 

[N.Sreefer]

Land hermits would eat waste veggies and some scrap meat mine eat scraps and seaweed off the beach. With aquatic crabs youll foul the water hermits are not the fastest eaters. Chips however are not a good food for any hermit.

 

[N.Sreefer]

You could compost with black soldier fly larvae and feed them to your fish

 

[Kapachuka3]

If your goal is to not "waste food", I wouldn't suggest a hermit crab aquarium. Even if some crabs can digest human food (nothing I've seen before but I'm not an expert), I would not expect them to consume any significant amount to offset letting your food go to waste.

Are you talking about land hermit crabs with dirt? Or a water-filled aquarium? Oily human food in water isn't going to be a good mix, and would cause some serious challenges in water quality and surface oils.

Judging by this one message, your best bet may be a small aquarium not filled with water, and some of the land hermits they sell at pet stores. Then maybe you could toss in a piece of a chip every once in a while? Would need to research.

That’s exactly what I was looking for I want a couple land hermits in a small aquarium

 

[Kapachuka3]

That’s exactly what I was looking for I want a couple land hermits in a small aquarium

With dirt and do you know anything about them? Like what would be good food for them and tank requirements?

 

[N.Sreefer]

With dirt and do you know anything about them? Like what would be good food for them and tank requirements?

They need access to fresh and saltwater enough for them to cover themselves and replenish the water they hold in their shells. They are amazing climbers so you need a good lid or youll find them in everything. They need 75 percent plant matter 25 meat (seafood). Be sure when you buy them that you dont get sold ruggosa with carribean purple pinchers google what they look like. Ruggies will kill purple pinchers. I put trail mix and diff weeds/veggie trimmings in with mine that they can access at all times and feed cod trimmings and shrimp once a week. They go nuts over nori

 

[N.Sreefer]

An important point I forgot they molt underground so the more substrate the better at the least 6 inches of moist substrate

 

[Kapachuka3]

An important point I forgot they molt underground so the more substrate the better at the least 6 inches of moist substrate

Cool and what would be the minimum required tank for them?

 

[Kapachuka3]

Cool and what would be the minimum required tank for them?

And the easiest land crab species to care for?

 

[N.Sreefer]

Depends if you put some branches in the tank one would be happy in a 10 gallon but with more than one theyll cannibalize if they cant hide during molting so for every additional crab add 20 gallons or 2 sq feet. I would say ruggies are the easiest but purple pinchers are a close second and theyre slightly smaller and more colourful. I got 6 in a 75 gallon long and theyre happy not much to look at alot of dried up seaweed but you could do an interesting saltwater paladarium.

 

[Kapachuka3]

Depends if you put some branches in the tank one would be happy in a 10 gallon but with more than one theyll cannibalize if they cant hide during molting so for every additional crab add 20 gallons or 2 sq feet. I would say ruggies are the easiest but purple pinchers are a close second and theyre slightly smaller and more colourful. I got 6 in a 75 gallon long and theyre happy not much to look at alot of dried up seaweed but you could do an interesting saltwater paladarium.

Sick man I might get a 10 gallon and, might get a purple one any other advice?