Got some at the beach and my daughter wants to put them in a tank that has some cichlids
2006-06-11 17:10:29 · 15 answers · asked by jabear 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
You cannot take a hermet crab from the ocean and put it in a tank with that has freshwater in it, you will kill it.
Try buying a little tank specially for her hermet crab and putting salt water in it.
2006-06-11 17:14:14 · answer #1 · answered by arenagymnast44 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Land hermit crabs can only stay under water for a certain amount of time as adults. So If you put a land hermit crab into any full fish tank - it would drown eventually.
Now there are other types of salt warter crabs that can stay in salt water fish tanks...
You just need to know what kind of crab you have.
And the tank needs to be salt water.
But even if you had a salt water tank, you risk exposing your fish to disease.
2006-06-12 01:25:18 · answer #2 · answered by Miss. Kitty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Even if they survived the water change, the cichlids would kill them. They're are one of the most aggressive kind of tank fish you can have.
2006-06-12 00:19:47 · answer #3 · answered by Fat Guy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And on top of the answers you already got, it's likely illegal to remove native animals from the beach. Go put him back where he belongs.
2006-06-12 03:17:52 · answer #4 · answered by RabbitMage 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
umm.. It should'nt really be a problem.. expect i've never really had one underwater before.. they usually just stay on the beach and chill out.. go into the water every once inwhile, but still stay on the beach. So, i wouldn't suggest just dropping them in there.
2006-06-12 00:15:45 · answer #5 · answered by bballbadass246 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not. Anything from salt water, needs salt water; anything from fresh water from fresh water. Besides the fact that fresh water will eventually erode the calcium in the shell; not having the salinity in the water will kill them.
2006-06-12 00:14:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it cant. it needs salt water. and i dont mean salt that u put on food. it will die in fresh water! go to a pet store and ask them which kinda stuff u should put in the water so it can live
2006-06-12 01:26:31 · answer #7 · answered by jinxy224424 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, It's a bad idea to put a species that came from a salty habitat & put it in freshwater.....it will impode.
2006-06-12 00:14:18 · answer #8 · answered by confused24 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The hermit crabs you buy at the shore ( the ones they sell in the cages) dont go in water. You will drown them since they are land hermit crabs.
2006-06-13 09:50:51 · answer #9 · answered by Nunya Biznis 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only salt water it may survive for a sort time but it won't last.
2006-06-12 00:16:16 · answer #10 · answered by russell d 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋