{"id":109530,"date":"2023-01-31T05:28:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T05:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-make-a-hermit-crab-habitat-at-home\/"},"modified":"2023-02-01T11:46:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T11:46:25","slug":"how-do-you-make-a-hermit-crab-habitat-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-make-a-hermit-crab-habitat-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you make a hermit crab habitat at home?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-make-a-hermit-crab-habitat-at-home\/#How_do_you_make_a_hermit_crab_habitat_at_home\" title=\"How do you make a hermit crab habitat at home?\">How do you make a hermit crab habitat at home?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-make-a-hermit-crab-habitat-at-home\/#What_can_I_put_in_a_hermit_crab_habitat\" title=\"What can I put in a hermit crab habitat?\">What can I put in a hermit crab habitat?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-make-a-hermit-crab-habitat-at-home\/#How_do_you_make_a_crab_habitat\" title=\"How do you make a crab habitat?\">How do you make a crab habitat?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-make-a-hermit-crab-habitat-at-home\/#How_do_you_make_a_hermit_crab_terrarium\" title=\"How do you make a hermit crab terrarium?\">How do you make a hermit crab terrarium?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-make-a-hermit-crab-habitat-at-home\/#What_do_you_put_in_a_hermit_crab_enclosure\" title=\"What do you put in a hermit crab enclosure?\">What do you put in a hermit crab enclosure?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-make-a-hermit-crab-habitat-at-home\/#What_can_I_house_with_a_hermit_crab\" title=\"What can I house with a hermit crab?\">What can I house with a hermit crab?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-make-a-hermit-crab-habitat-at-home\/#How_do_you_make_a_crab_enclosure\" title=\"How do you make a crab enclosure?\">How do you make a crab enclosure?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-make-a-hermit-crab-habitat-at-home\/#What_habitat_do_crabs_need\" title=\"What habitat do crabs need?\">What habitat do crabs need?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-make-a-hermit-crab-habitat-at-home\/#How_do_you_make_a_hermit_crab_House\" title=\"How do you make a hermit crab House?\">How do you make a hermit crab House?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-make-a-hermit-crab-habitat-at-home\/#What_does_a_hermit_crab_terrarium_need\" title=\"What does a hermit crab terrarium need?\">What does a hermit crab terrarium need?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-make-a-hermit-crab-habitat-at-home\/#How_do_you_set_up_a_hermit_crab_terrarium\" title=\"How do you set up a hermit crab terrarium?\">How do you set up a hermit crab terrarium?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-make-a-hermit-crab-habitat-at-home\/#What_should_be_in_a_hermit_crab_habitat\" title=\"What should be in a hermit crab habitat?\">What should be in a hermit crab habitat?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-make-a-hermit-crab-habitat-at-home\/#What_other_animals_can_I_put_in_my_hermit_crab_tank\" title=\"What other animals can I put in my hermit crab tank?\">What other animals can I put in my hermit crab tank?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-make-a-hermit-crab-habitat-at-home\/#How_do_you_make_a_bioactive_terrarium_for_hermit_crabs\" title=\"How do you make a bioactive terrarium for hermit crabs?\">How do you make a bioactive terrarium for hermit crabs?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-make-a-hermit-crab-habitat-at-home\/#What_would_a_habitat_look_like_for_a_hermit_crab\" title=\"What would a habitat look like for a hermit crab?\">What would a habitat look like for a hermit crab?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_you_make_a_hermit_crab_habitat_at_home\"><\/span>How do you make a hermit crab habitat at home?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Line the bottom of the terrarium with 2 to 3 inches of silica play sand, soil and\/or coconut fiber; your hermit crabs will burrow into it when they&#8217;re molting. Create several hiding places in the terrarium. Furnish the habitat with at least 3-5 larger empty seashells per crab, to use as future housing.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_can_I_put_in_a_hermit_crab_habitat\"><\/span>What can I put in a hermit crab habitat?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A hermit crab habitat should include a glass tank (at least 10 gallons per 2 hermit crabs) filled with deep substrate (commercially available sand and coconut fiber), an under-tank heater, thermometers, a humidity gauge, dcor for climbing and 2 shallow water bowls (one with dechlorinated fresh water and the other with<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-you-make-a-sulcata-tortoise-habitat\/\">How do you make a sulcata tortoise habitat?<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_you_make_a_crab_habitat\"><\/span>How do you make a crab habitat?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Two water bowls (one fresh and one saltwater), a couple hiding places, some natural stuff for them to climb around on, a food bowl (they eat fruit!), and some shells for them to try on and play with. A homemade hermit crab habitat!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-199068\" src=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/How-do-you-make-a-crab-habitat.jpg\" alt=\"How do you make a crab habitat?\" width=\"1328\" height=\"747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/How-do-you-make-a-crab-habitat.jpg 1328w, https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/How-do-you-make-a-crab-habitat-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/How-do-you-make-a-crab-habitat-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/How-do-you-make-a-crab-habitat-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1328px) 100vw, 1328px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_you_make_a_hermit_crab_terrarium\"><\/span>How do you make a hermit crab terrarium?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A hermit crab habitat should include a glass tank (at least 10 gallons per 2 hermit crabs) filled with deep substrate (commercially available sand and coconut fiber), an under-tank heater, thermometers, a humidity gauge, dcor for climbing and 2 shallow water bowls (one with dechlorinated fresh water and the other with<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_do_you_put_in_a_hermit_crab_enclosure\"><\/span>What do you put in a hermit crab enclosure?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Start by filling your tank with a substrate. The comfiest option is <b>marine aquarium coral rock sand or a sand gravel mix. Find both at your local Petbarn. Also include rocks, safe climbing toys, dried choya wood, driftwood, coral and barnacles as these provide stimulating toys for hermit crabs.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_can_I_house_with_a_hermit_crab\"><\/span>What can I house with a hermit crab?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Hermit crabs will feel at home in either <b>a glass or plastic tank. Choose a 10-gallon aquarium with a lid. A sliding glass one will work well to contain humidity. The small plastic homes with accessories sold as hermit crab kits are too small, though these plastic cages make excellent temporary homes or isolation tanks.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_you_make_a_crab_enclosure\"><\/span>How do you make a crab enclosure?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Crabs can be found in just about any body of water, including <b>salt and fresh water and some species of crab are able to survive on land. Crabs can thrive in both warm and icy water and they don&#8217;t mind if it&#8217;s deep or shallow. They can swim but tend to stay at the bottom and many crabs migrate during the year.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_habitat_do_crabs_need\"><\/span>What habitat do crabs need?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Hermit crabs will feel at home in either a glass or plastic tank. <b>Choose a 10-gallon aquarium with a lid. A sliding glass one will work well to contain humidity. The small plastic homes with accessories sold as hermit crab kits are too small, though these plastic cages make excellent temporary homes or isolation tanks.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6oaEF7Kq_64\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_you_make_a_hermit_crab_House\"><\/span>How do you make a hermit crab House?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Two water bowls (one fresh and one saltwater), a couple hiding places, some natural stuff for them to climb around on, a food bowl (they eat fruit!), and some shells for them to try on and play with. A homemade hermit crab habitat!<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_does_a_hermit_crab_terrarium_need\"><\/span>What does a hermit crab terrarium need?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A hermit crab habitat should include a glass tank (at least 10 gallons per 2 hermit crabs) filled with deep substrate (commercially available sand and coconut fiber), an under-tank heater, thermometers, a humidity gauge, dcor for climbing and 2 shallow water bowls (one with dechlorinated fresh water and the other with<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_you_set_up_a_hermit_crab_terrarium\"><\/span>How do you set up a hermit crab terrarium?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Your crabitat should have room enough for 2 water dishes, 1 food dish, a hut, something to climb on and area to live in. Your crabitat needs to have a lid on it so that no one can escape. Hermit crabs are escape artists. The small crabs can climb right up the silicone in the corners of a tank.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_should_be_in_a_hermit_crab_habitat\"><\/span>What should be in a hermit crab habitat?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A hermit crab habitat should include a glass tank (at least 10 gallons per 2 hermit crabs) filled with deep substrate (commercially available sand and coconut fiber), an under-tank heater, thermometers, a humidity gauge, dcor for climbing and 2 shallow water bowls (one with dechlorinated fresh water and the other with<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_other_animals_can_I_put_in_my_hermit_crab_tank\"><\/span>What other animals can I put in my hermit crab tank?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Now, let&#8217;s read about some other animals that can cohabitate peacefully and healthily with hermit crabs.<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 Other Hermit Crabs. While technically not another type of animal, hermit crabs cohabitate with their own kind very well.<\/li>\n<li>2 Lizards and Reptiles.<\/li>\n<li>3 Fish.<\/li>\n<li>4 Insects and Other Small Animals.<\/li>\n<li>5 Consider Plants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_you_make_a_bioactive_terrarium_for_hermit_crabs\"><\/span>How do you make a bioactive terrarium for hermit crabs?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Hermit crabs will feel at home in either a glass or plastic tank. <b>Choose a 10-gallon aquarium with a lid. A sliding glass one will work well to contain humidity. The small plastic homes with accessories sold as hermit crab kits are too small, though these plastic cages make excellent temporary homes or isolation tanks.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_would_a_habitat_look_like_for_a_hermit_crab\"><\/span>What would a habitat look like for a hermit crab?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Habitat of the Hermit Crab Land dwelling hermit crabs live in <b>tropical environments. They require frequent access to fresh or salt water, as a way to dampen their gills. Without access to water, they cannot reproduce or even survive long periods. Marine hermit crabs spend their lifetimes under the sea.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f1dnocPQXDQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents How do you make a hermit crab habitat at home?What can I put in a hermit crab habitat?How do you make a crab habitat?How do you make a hermit crab terrarium?What do you put in a hermit crab enclosure?What can I house with a hermit crab?How do you make a crab enclosure?What&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":199067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/How-do-you-make-a-hermit-crab-habitat-at-home.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109530"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109530"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199069,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109530\/revisions\/199069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}