Is it okay to bathe terrestrial hermit crabs in fresh water?

The terrestrial hermit crab is a hermit crab that lives on land most of the time. After a long evolutionary process, it began to ingest fresh water from the land, plants and fruits to sustain its life, until it began to depend on the terrestrial environment, because its respiratory system has changed, so it cannot stay in the water for a long time. Terrestrial hermit crabs are also bred in the seawater, the female hermit crab that hatches the eggs, the mature eggs are discharged in the seawater, and soon there are young crab seedlings floating in the seawater, after several months of molting and growing, they begin to find the right size of the empty snail on the coast, and start its land life on their backs.

In the days that followed, they would come back to the beach every three or four days, and after a few minutes of salt water replenishment, they could no longer stay in the water for as long as they were young, and they would drown quickly, usually not for more than three minutes. On the contrary, they are much more drought tolerant. Under special circumstances, they can survive for more than ten days without access to water.

This is because they have special advantages in their body structure. At the back of their body, the part that hides in the shell, is soft and has an outer layer like a sponge that absorbs more than twice as much water as the body and stores it in the sponge layer. Prepare for prolonged lack of access to water.

I had a personal experience. Once, a hermit crab I had crawled away at home, only to see it crawl out on its own a week later, and it was still very healthy. It really surprised and surprised me, after seven or eight days, it was still alive without eating or drinking.

It can be seen that this is its instinct to survive on land. Therefore, we must pay attention to this when raising terrestrial hermit crabs in captivity, and we must not put them in the water like fish.

It is possible to bathe terrestrial hermit crabs in fresh water**, but long-term use of freshwater bathing can have an impact on their health. Hermit crabs need salts and minerals from seawater to maintain the normal functioning of their bodies, and if they are in a freshwater environment for a long time, their bodies will experience problems of excess water and insufficient salt, resulting in body imbalance and physiological dysfunction.

Hermit crabs cannot be raised in fresh water.

Marine hermit crabs need to be raised in seawater, not fresh water. They have to live entirely in seawater, so they cannot be raised in fresh water.

Since hermit crabs are omnivorous and omnivorous, they are known as scavengers by the sea, eating everything from algae and food scraps to parasites, and for home fish lovers, keeping one or two hermit crabs in the aquarium will act as a cleaner.

Hermit crabs generally live for 2 to 5 years, but in good rearing conditions, they can often live up to 20 to 30 years, and the longest recorded survival is 70 years. Hermit crabs have conch shells, shells, snail shells, and even bottle caps as their homes due to the harsh ecological environment.

When the hermit crab is born, the body is relatively soft, easy to eat, and when it grows up, it must find a suitable house for itself, so it attacks the conch and kills and tears the conch. Then get in, hook the top of the snail shell with the tail, support the inner wall of the snail shell with a few short legs, and crawl with long legs outside the shell, holding the mouth of the shell with a large chela. In this way, it moved into a new home that was eco-friendly and sturdy.

Hermit crabs are scavengers, which means they can accept almost anything they can eat. Any kind of feed, vegetables and fruits, rice, dead fish and shrimp will come to them. However, strawberry hermit crabs are different from ordinary hermit crabs in that they need to be supplemented with carotene frequently to maintain a bright body color.

Otherwise, the red color will fade gradually.

The best carotene** is a special enrichment feed for shrimp or red tropical fish. In addition, they also live in groups, so individuals raised alone are not as well adapted as multiple individuals.

Hermit crabs can not be raised in fresh water, hermit crabs are arthropods, is saltwater crabs, so can not be raised in fresh water, and the osmotic pressure in fresh water is small, which is not conducive to the growth of hermit crabs, crab breeding first prepare a fish tank, spread a layer of fine sand at the bottom of the tank, and then put two water basins in the fish tank, respectively filled with fresh water and salt water, usually feed hermit crabs can choose corn, small fish and shrimp, etc.

Hermit crabs can not be raised in fresh water, hermit crabs are arthropods, lodged in the snail shell, the diameter of the largest snail can reach more than 15 cm, hermit crabs mostly live in the Yellow Sea and the southern seas, it is a seawater crab so it can not be raised in fresh water, and the osmotic pressure in freshwater is small, which is not conducive to the growth of hermit crabs.

The hermit crab is between a shrimp and a crab in shape, with a long body, an asymmetrical body, a soft and long abdomen, which can roll into the snail shell, has strong chela, and uses the third and fourth pairs of steps when crawling to support the movement of the snail shell.

Hermit crabs live in the shells of dead shellfish, most of them live in seawater, some hermit crabs develop similar to the hard shells of crabs, so that they no longer parasitize in shells, hermit crabs are omnivores, food residues and parasites are eaten, and are called scavengers by fishermen.

Prepare a fish tank, spread a layer of fine sand at the bottom of the tank, the sand is 3-5 times higher than that of the hermit crab, which can allow the hermit crab to hide and fade its shell, and then put two water basins in the fish tank, which are filled with fresh water and salt water respectively, to balance the salinity of the water in the snail shell, and usually feed the hermit crab can choose rice, eggs, corn, small fish and shrimp, etc.

Hermit crab is aquarically or dry-reared mainly depends on its own species, if it is a terrestrial hermit crab, it can generally be dried rear, but the feeding container still needs to provide fresh water and seawater, so as to provide it with a drinking water source and replenish salt, if it is a marine hermit crab or soda hermit crab, they can be allowed to live in prepared brine. Hermit crabs are relatively timid, and it may hide in its shell and dare not come out if it is kept alone, so it is recommended to keep more than 2 crabs.

1. Hermit crabs are raised in water or dry

1. Hermit crab breeding method.

1) There are many varieties of hermit crabs, some need to be raised in water, some need to be dried and raised, and different varieties have different feeding methods.

2) If you keep terrestrial hermit crabs, you need to prepare a breeding tank for them and spread a layer of coral sand with a thickness of 5-7 mm, and the coral sand should be replaced regularly. In addition, two small basins are placed in the tank, which are filled with fresh water and seawater respectively to provide drinking water and replenish salt for hermit crabs.

3) If you raise marine hermit crabs or soda hermit crabs, you should live in prepared salt water.

2. Precautions for hermit crab breeding.

1) The purchased glass jar and live stone should be brushed clean to remove the harmful substances on it.

2) The glass cylinder needs to be changed regularly, and the heating rod should be used to keep warm when the temperature is low.

3) Hermit crabs belong to social animals, and their courage is small, so it is recommended to raise more than 2 of them, and raise 1 separately It may hide in the shell and dare not come out.

2. Can hermit crabs be raised in fresh water?

1. Hermit crabs cannot be raised in fresh water, because the osmotic pressure in freshwater is small, which is not suitable for the growth of hermit crabs.

2. Marine hermit crabs live completely in the ocean, so the method of raising marine hermit crabs can be used to raise marine fish, but most of the most hermit crabs on the market are terrestrial hermit crabs, and terrestrial hermit crabs can not be completely placed in seawater, and 2 small water basins need to be placed in the container when feeding, which are loaded with seawater (for supplemental salt) and fresh water (for drinking).

3. When raising terrestrial hermit crabs, it is necessary to spread coral sand in the container, the thickness of which is 3-5 cm, sprinkle some calcium salt (seawater salt) on the sand, and spray the prepared seawater into the container every day to keep the humidity above 70%.

Hermit crabs can be raised with fresh water and salt, and the survival of hermit crabs cannot be without salt, and seawater hermit crabs and soda hermit crabs can only grow normally in water soaked in sea salt; The salt water for raising hermit crabs needs to be soaked in advance, the water can be disinfected, and the bottom of the water should be covered with calcium salt to facilitate the hermit crabs to absorb salt; Hermit crabs are nocturnal creatures and are usually fed at night.

Because hermit crabs are sea creatures, they cannot survive without salt, marine hermit crabs and soda hermit crabs need to survive in seawater, and fresh water and sea salt can also be used as feeding water.

The brine used for breeding needs to be soaked in advance, which can be disinfected in advance to ensure that the hermit crab has a good living environment, and a layer of fine sand should be spread on the bottom of the water, and a little calcium salt should be sprinkled to facilitate the absorption of the hermit crab.

Hermit crabs are nocturnal creatures, and they generally come out at night to be active, so they generally choose to feed at night, and the courage of hermit crabs is relatively small, so it is best to feed the two together, and hermit crabs like to be quiet.

Marine hermit crabs need to be raised in seawater, not fresh water. Terrestrial hermit crabs can not be raised in fresh water, they can be raised with coral sand, provide fresh water for it to drink, choose fish and shrimp for food, feed them once a day, change the water every week in summer 1 3, and hermit crabs of different sizes cannot be polycultured.

There is a difference between terrestrial and marine hermit crabs, marine hermit crabs need to live completely in seawater, so they cannot be raised in fresh water; Terrestrial hermit crabs, on the other hand, cannot be raised in fresh water, they cannot swim and live mainly on land.

Marine hermit crabs are easy to raise, just like marine fish. Raising terrestrial hermit crabs is more particular, you need to spread three to five centimeters of coral sand in containers such as fish tanks, and prepare two small water basins at the same time, one for fresh water for drinking, and the other for calcium saline, so that it can replenish salt and bathe.

Hermit crabs are mainly fed with minced fish, small shrimp and clam meat, and they are eaten once a day, and the food that cannot be eaten needs to be cleaned up in time to avoid polluting the environment.

In summer, hermit crabs need to change the water frequently, once a week, each time the water is changed 1 3, and the water change time can be slightly extended when raising in winter. In addition, be aware that hermit crabs of different sizes will kill each other and cannot be kept together.