What is the volume of your main tank?
It's a 20 long with a modified second story with the same dimensions as a 20 long.
How many hermit crabs do you currently have? How big are they?
4 and i'm thinking golf ball size or slightly larger
How long have you had the hermit crab(s) that you are concerned about?
2 years.
What substrate or combination of substrates are you using? How deep is it?
I'm using a substrate mix of coconut fibere and play sand, twice baked and sifted. At the deepest, it's about 7 inches.
What do you feed your hermit crabs?
I feed them a speciality food from the website hermitcrabpatch
Do you use distilled, bottled, tap or other types of water?
tap water that's been dechlorinated and bottled sea water
If you are using a dechlorinator, what brand is it? Does it state to remove all heavy metals, chlorine and chloramines?
It's API Tap Water Conditioner and yes.
What brand of sea salt are you using to supply your hermit crabs with salt water?
Instant Ocean
What heat source are you using and where is it positioned?
Heat pad regulated with thermostat and it's in the bottom
Have you calibrated your thermometer(s) and hygrometer so that you can interpret accurate readings?
Yep
What is the air temperature range and humidity inside the tank?
air temperature is usually 70-80 and humidity is usually 70-90
What is the highest temperature that the substrate near the heat source reaches?
85
Do you have any photos of your tank or hermit crab(s) of concern? If yes, please attach them to your post.
Nope
Okay, now that's over with. I'm new to this forum and I have a strange question for you guys. My food dishes have been mysteriously filling up with water. I've been taking careful care when spraying so it doesn't fall into the food dish. The dishes are near a salt water source but theyre higher than it. Is it possible the hermit crabs are peeing in it?
Peeing in the food dish???
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Wai
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Re: Peeing in the food dish???
Sorry about the late reply.
Hermit crabs store water in their shells and may empty this into their food, but I personally haven't seen this to a significant extent. Moreover, it can be that your hermit crabs have been soaking themselves in the nearby water dish and then spilling water into the food dish. Do you have an air stone in the water dish? Sometimes that will contribute to the splashing too. Perhaps try moving the two dishes further apart?
Hermit crabs store water in their shells and may empty this into their food, but I personally haven't seen this to a significant extent. Moreover, it can be that your hermit crabs have been soaking themselves in the nearby water dish and then spilling water into the food dish. Do you have an air stone in the water dish? Sometimes that will contribute to the splashing too. Perhaps try moving the two dishes further apart?
Wai
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ladybug15057
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Re: Peeing in the food dish???
I agree. Hermies pee very little, and it excretes from the tip of their antennas.
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