Victoria (VIC)

[Marie (aka ladybug15057)]

Submitted: » 24 Dec 2009 04:55 am

Your CSJ Username Wai

Your real name Wai

Your date of birth 1990-06-08

Country Australia

State Victoria

Name and Address of your nearest Pet Store
Mentone Aquarium
135-137 Nepean Hwy
Mentone VIC 3194
Australia

How many years have you owned hermit crabs? 3+

Number of moults 25

Number or percentage of `successful` molts 17

Dimensions of the crabitat in inches (multiply centimetres by 2.5) or size in gallons 45 gallons

Size of isolation unit for isolating new or sick crabs 3 gallons

Number of hermit crabs 9

Heat source you use to keep your hermit crab`s habitat in the tropical range A combination of two UTHs and a heat bulb, though I rarely turn all three on at the same time.

Humidity (percentage) of main crabitat 75%+

Humidity (percentage) of iso 75%+

Do you own a humidity gauge to monitor the humidity? Yes

Temperature of main crabitat 21'C - 28'C

Temperature of main iso 21'C - 28'C

Do you own a temperature gauge to monitor the temperature?
Yes

Substrate (bedding) used in main crabitat and iso unit Other

Do you dechlorinate all water before giving to your hermit crabs? Please list the brand of dechlorinator you use. API

How do you prepare the ocean water given to your hermit crab? (please list brand name)
I place the hydrometer in one litre of water, then I add Red Sea Salt until the correct salinity is reached, taking in account of the water temperature.

Description of tank items (such as greenery, hidey spots, etc)
Numerous plant pots, fake hidey cave and tree trunk, real cholla and mopani wood, fake leafy vines, fake coral.

What foods do you feed your hermit crabs?
Too many to list lol! Organic muesli (mixture of many different nuts and dried fruits), raw fish, organic spirulina powder, cuttlebone, apple, manga, grape, white nectarine, safe leaves from the garden and vegetables, climbing wood.

Please list the calcium rich foods you offer:
Cuttlebone, calcium carbonate powder as supplement.

Please list the protein rich foods you offer:
Raw fish, spirulina.

Distance in MILES that I am willing to drive to pick up a hermit crab. We use MapQuest or GoogleMaps to determine APPROXIMATE driving times
15 miles (I will try my best to sort things out so that I can pick up the adoptees, even if they are beyond 15 miles).

Pet store or other public facility ZIP CODE 3194

I prefer to adopt hermit crabs within my state yes

I am willing to drive to the following states N/A

I am willing to be an EMERGENCY adopter only No

You must be over the age of 18 to submit this form. Are you 18 or older? Yes

Your current age 19 (turning 20 in June 2010)

More information to be added to my profile (and link to your hermit crab photo album if you have one please)

I am using fine grain beach sand as a substrate. The isolation critter keeper is usually kept inside the tank, although I can take it out if necessary.

Have the adoptees' owner contact me before deeming that they are too far away from me. I don't want the hermit crabs to die just because I live too far away, but I think 15 miles is a reasonable estimate. We can arrange to meet at the city or somewhere in between if we are too far apart.

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