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Posted 10/6/2009 9:03:06 PM


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Hey, I have 3 Ecuadorians, they live in a 10g tank with glass lid, playsand and eco earth bedding (plus other things). What about you?

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Posted 10/8/2009 4:17:53 AM


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i used to. it was a simple setup, almost like yours.

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Posted 10/9/2009 11:13:44 AM


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yeh i used to have one, but he died. I bought him at a tee- shirt shop in Cape cod. Then, one day he came out of his shell and never went back in to another.We kept giving him more and more shells, but he didn't go in any. then one day he died without ever going into a shell. I kept him in a 5 gallon tank, with calci-sand, a food/water bowl and some pieces of wood for him to climb on. O and a sponge. His name was Crush.

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2 hermit crabs
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Posted 10/9/2009 5:57:59 PM
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I've been keeping hermit crabs since 2006. I currently own two that I've had since June 2007 and one I've had for maybe 6 or 7 months.
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Posted 10/12/2009 10:15:05 PM
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I do!

I have 21, can't even mention which type they are since i have so many!

I have them in a 33 G with almost halkf of it filled with sand.

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Posted 10/17/2009 9:55:52 AM


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Wow! 21 hermit crabs!?

And no, I don't keep hermit crabs, but perhaps someday.


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Posted 10/17/2009 10:05:33 AM


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my friend charley breed them once.(by accident)

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Posted 10/20/2009 3:11:18 AM


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I used to have hermit crabs, I may be getting more soon..I had 5 and they lived in a 30 gallon tank with half sand half dirt, a salt water pool and a freshwater pool, lotsa of hideaways and things to climb on. I will probably have a setup like that again next time I get hermit crabs too, they seemed to like it alot.

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Posted 10/28/2009 8:19:21 PM
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Wow! 21 hermit crabs!?

And no, I don't keep hermit crabs, but perhaps someday.

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Posted 10/31/2009 5:52:10 AM


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Yeah, you too!


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