Caroilnekj6

O.K. so I have 3 hermit crabs and i want to breed them can anyone help me!

OK and my hermit crab (a very tiny hermit crab)it molted i checked with the store and they say he molted but i cant find the real crab.

Caroilnekj6

Hi, i have 3 small hermit crabs and i want to know if all hermit crabs can live in saltwater because i want to breed them and they need to be in salt water to hatch eggs.
please help me
from, caroline

chickadee

here is the information I found on Hermit Crabs. I do not know much about them as they seem to be a saltwater invertebrate and I do not have a saltwater tank so I am moving this to a saltwater thread.


http://www.fishlore.com/Profiles-HermitCrab.htm

Rose

Gunnie

I haven't really read through these sites, but thought they might be helpful:

http://www.hermit-crabs.com/

http://www4.tpgi.com.au/users/vaness...cs_gender.html

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/hermitreprofaqs.htm

Caroilnekj6

is it a mystery? we will never know

emilai333

I don't know about marine hermit crabs but I'm guessing they're just like land hermit crabs in breeding habits - dang hard to breed and then, the babies won't survive because they have a stage where they are tinytinytiny (plankton-ish) and they need a HUGE amount of water (as in: ocean) to survive. I suppose its possible that marine crabs are different, but I'm guessing - no babies from breeding them.

bhcaaron

Well I read through most of http://www.hermit-crabs.com/ from Gunnie's suggestion... that has A LOT of info (especially the FAQ's) that is very helpful.