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Anonymous
hermit crabs are pretty easy to care for once you have a decent set up and clean out the poop regularly.
A few small ones can be kept in a 10 gallon, and 5-10 in a 20 gallon. I have five crabs between 3/4" and 4" in a 10 gallon, but it has a second level built in the tank that they can crawl up to to make more space. You need a few basic things: - shells of varying sizes similar to what they're already in - sand substrate (cheap playground sand or calcium sand) - wood to climb on and caves to hide in (all available under $10 in the reptile section of the pet store) - two water dishes, one fresh and one salt. Petsmart sells "hydrate" brand bottles of water for $2 with pre mixed salt water and that will last you a while) - a variety of commercial foods and some fresh food (i bought a bunch of small containers of food and mixed them together in a bigger one, then give them crackers, bread, vegetables, anything really, in tiny amounts so its cheap)
keep them in groups and make sure the tank is warm and humid, and they should be fine. Google it. It's not as bad as everyone makes it. The only thing that can be a little troublesome is molting, but its manageable. I've had mine for four years so far and they're all healthy.
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