I've had my crabs for a week now. Ones a straw, the other is a pp. The pp burrowed down as there was a hole in the substrate.. Thank God the straw is big and can't following him in. I did notice he started digging in that area too, on the hole that the pp went down. They're both on the left most side of the tank. Not sure if I need to separate the straw into an iso. I don't have an extra heater for a 10g.
My Substrate is 8" deep, 8x deeper than the pp, and 3x deeper than the straw.
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Missing crab
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Scarletfire
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Missing crab
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Hermiesguardian
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Re: Missing crab
They tunnel around down there. The pp could be on the other side of the tank. You should have nothing to worry about.
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Raising daughter's hermit crabs, Shelder, Paras and Derek. Added 2 more of my own (of course) Pete and Stryper. Former mommy to 2 guinea pigs and beloved cat, Nissi
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Scarletfire
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Re: Missing crab
Oh okay. Phew. Anxiety is kicking in.
They've never had deep or sandy Substrate before, so if I was them, I guess I would do that too x.x
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They've never had deep or sandy Substrate before, so if I was them, I guess I would do that too x.x
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Re: Missing crab
The only time one of my crabs dug up the other was when I didn't have deep enough substrate.
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Scarletfire
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Re: Missing crab
Its been 16 days since I took these crabs in. I still haven't seen the pp since it dug down. I'm starting to have doubts whether I even have a second crab. No fishy smell. I check my wyze regularly, but I haven't seen him yet, just my straw, pebbles, all over the food, darker than ever before.
At what point should I start worrying?
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At what point should I start worrying?
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Re: Missing crab
Scarletfire wrote:Its been 16 days since I took these crabs in. I still haven't seen the pp since it dug down. I'm starting to have doubts whether I even have a second crab. No fishy smell. I check my wyze regularly, but I haven't seen him yet, just my straw, pebbles, all over the food, darker than ever before.
At what point should I start worrying?
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They stay buried for weeks to months depending on size.
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curlysister
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Re: Missing crab
Don't worry yet! Still very early. Four months is kind of the arbitrary mark to start worrying!
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Re: Missing crab
Young crabs molt More often. My new PP buried itself 1 hour after I bought it. Just came up last night after 5-6 weeks.