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Old 03-15-2005, 01:38 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Just wondering what an adaquate number of hermit crabs would be to help clean the sand in my tank. Is there a rule of thumb such as 1 per gallon or 1 per 5 gallons etc...?


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Old 03-30-2005, 04:42 AM   #2 (permalink)
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what kind of hermit crabs?I think about 20 little blue crabs and maybe 10 scarlets.


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Some run without Crabs all together. I think Craig M is a crab hater ()

I think most online clean up crews packages guesstimate about 1/g

I usually cut that in half to start than add more if you think you need them

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Sounds good.

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