Crab kicking up sand - Put in gravel tank or Keep?

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  1. smackrock

    smackrock Coral Banded Shrimp

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    I just added my hermit crab to my new sand substrate 90g tank and she's kicking up a dust storm when moving around. Is this ok? Will this stop eventually? I'm debating whether I should move her over to my hospital/staging tank which has only gravel substrate. The sand in the tank is [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Bio-activ Live Aragonite Natural White Reef Sand. [/FONT] Any advice on this one? Thanks!
     
    smackrock, May 31, 2010
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  2. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    Don't worry about it, the sand will settle and the crab won't disturb the sand when it moves about.
     
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  3. smackrock

    smackrock Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Alright good to know. Thank you. I'll keep her in for now. Just worries me when she kicks so much up to the point where I can't see my clown in the back of the tank.
     
    smackrock, May 31, 2010
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