New Hermit Crab and setup

[blue]

What size is the crabotat? How often do you have to upgrade their shells? Are they very active?

Cool pics.

[ramanth]

Phred, we have eight crabs now.

Blue,
It's a 20 gallon long tank. I haven't bought any new shells lately. I have a large variety of shell sizes so they have a collection to play with and sometimes they swap shells just for the heck of it vs. needing to move into a larger shell.

They are mostly active at night but they are more active than usual since it's a new setup to explore.

[blue]

Are they like nocturnal fish with a red light so you can watch them? I miss watching my catfish and rays with the red lamps.

[ramanth]

I know you can use heat lamps with them (I don't). So I'm sure a red light would be fine.

I just use what light is in the room or a flash light to watch them periodically.

[blue]

When I had my tanks I had red lights for all of them so I could see the cats and the rays when they where the most active. Allmost all of my fish where nocturnal.

How active are hermit crabs, are they good entertainment?

[ramanth]

I personally think they are pretty entertaining.

[chocolatepuppy]

Those little guys are just so adorable! I noticed one climbing up the 'plant' side of the tank. Can he get out?