Comments on: Thinstripe Hermit Crabs found on Hilton Head Beach in South Carolina …. HELP PLEASE?

By: Texasgirl

Texasgirl — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:39:28 +0000

If they are indeed marine hermits you need to give them to a pet store that has a marine aquarium set up. Marine hermits are very hard to take care of, they need a established saltwater aquarium to live in. Established means it’s been up for a while and I assume you haven’t got one of those in your house. Their ONLY chance of survival is in a pet store aquarium. They will die soon if they aren’t got to one.

By: Cheryl Millard

Cheryl Millard — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:22:29 +0000

It is in the fish section because ” marine Hermits ” are kept in aquariums and fish is the best place since there is not a “Hermit crab”, “Invertabrate” or ” Arthropod” section .
Take them to a store that specializes in marine aquariums.
You need a proper salt water aquarium that has cycled at least a month and tested with in acceptable water conditions before it can host sealife, until them the high amonia levels will kill all animals but the hardy damsel fish.It will need a proper filtration system, temprature, and the right salt content.
the hermit crabs that You found were trapped by the tide going out, they can only be out of water a short time, which is the time it takes for the tide to go out then come back in to cover them once again.
Hermits are scavengers that eat waste, dead sea animals, organic plant matter and things like that. They need to go back where they came from or they will soon die.
Some areas the harvesting of sea life from tide pools is illegal or you will need a general shell fish harvesting permit , but that is only good for certian shell fish, know your regulations before taking sea life from the comfort of their enviroments.
They cannot due to the differience in their bodily functions live in fresh water, they will swell up by the intake of fresh water through osmosis, because their are no salt particles in fresh water

By: Butters

Butters — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:47:26 +0000

First of all why is this in the fish section?
On the subject of the crab you should get a 10 gallon aquarium, sand and aquarium sea salt. Make the sand higher on one side of the tank than the other then pour water in the low side and add salt. OR get 10 gallon and make yourself a salt water aquarium with fish and corals