My son is three and I bought him two hermit crabs for his first pets. They are the size of a nickle.
My problem is with keeping the tank humid, I can't get it above 60%. I put the heat lamp over the fresh water dish with sponge, hoping that evaporation would help. My son mists the crabs a few times a day (he loves that part!) and for an hour or so the humidity hit 70-80% but it never stays there.
Specs:
5 1/2 gallon glass tank with screen top and heat lamp, a sticky heat pad on the tank, substrate is a mix of damp sand and coco fiber, salt water dish, fresh water (with a sponge in the dish), a little hut, and some climbing wood. My son feeds six crab pellets a day and dried fruit on the weekends.
The crabs stay in their hut most of the time. Is this normal?
What can I do to raise the humidity so it stays at 70%-80% (which I've read the crabs need or they can't molt)?
My problem is with keeping the tank humid, I can't get it above 60%. I put the heat lamp over the fresh water dish with sponge, hoping that evaporation would help. My son mists the crabs a few times a day (he loves that part!) and for an hour or so the humidity hit 70-80% but it never stays there.
Specs:
5 1/2 gallon glass tank with screen top and heat lamp, a sticky heat pad on the tank, substrate is a mix of damp sand and coco fiber, salt water dish, fresh water (with a sponge in the dish), a little hut, and some climbing wood. My son feeds six crab pellets a day and dried fruit on the weekends.
The crabs stay in their hut most of the time. Is this normal?
What can I do to raise the humidity so it stays at 70%-80% (which I've read the crabs need or they can't molt)?