list of calcium foods?

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greenshellhermit
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list of calcium foods?

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can anyone give me a list of calcium rich foods? incase i have another molt
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Eggshells, calci-sand, coral, oyster shells, broccoli and other dark green veggies are the most common ones. Any shellfish with the shell on (dried baby shrimp, shrimp tails/exos, etc.) also does great, or any hard bugs (mealworms, bloodworms, silkworms, crickets, etc.) Krill also is great, but I've never tried it.
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and cuttle shell, i grind mine to a powder, and sprinkle it over my crabs food
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Re: list of calcium foods?

Post by CrabbyJo »

It's a good idea to feed this to them all the time, as they need it all the time, it's just that they really need it even more before and after molting.
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