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Zoo Med Hermit Crab Sand

Zoo Med Hermit Crab Sand

All natural calcium carbonate substrate provides a source of calcium necessary for the health of all hermit crabs. Natural pigment. No paint or dyes used in processing. Offered in a variety of colors.

Average Customer Rating: 3.25 out of 5 3.3 out of 5
4 of 8 (50%) customers would recommend this product to a friend.
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Customer Reviews for Zoo Med Hermit Crab Sand

Overall Rating: 5 out of 5 5 of 5
Written By: mtmama

Crab Sand Date: January 22, 2008
"Our family (including our two hermit crabs) love this crab sand. They love digging in it and we love being able to change the colors from time to time. It is fun for my younger child who likes to smooth the sand before bed and then see all the new tracks in the morning."
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Review 2 for Zoo Med Hermit Crab Sand

Overall Rating: 1 out of 5 1 of 5
Written By: Nikky
( mo )
To Dusty! Date: January 19, 2008
"~the first thing this sand did when i opened the bag was turn my hands blue!!! so unless you wan't colorfull hermits DO NOT BUY!!!!!!!!!!~"
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Review 3 for Zoo Med Hermit Crab Sand

Overall Rating: 3 out of 5 3 of 5
Written By: iluvallanimals

ok..but... Date: January 16, 2008
"it was ok but very pricey for a bag. also it gets very smelly when wet. i just by sand from the hard whare store. about $3 for a huge bag. sorry but its not all that great."
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Review 4 for Zoo Med Hermit Crab Sand

Overall Rating: 4 out of 5 4 of 5
Quality: 4 out of 5 4 of 5
Written By: ivey
( Arizona )
Good for digging Date: May 20, 2007
"Our 5 hermit crabs like to dig in this sand."
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Review 5 for Zoo Med Hermit Crab Sand

Overall Rating: 5 out of 5 5 of 5
Quality: 5 out of 5 5 of 5
Written By: Kwin
( Salt Lake City, UT )
Good for crab overall health Date: February 1, 2007
"I add a bag or two of crab sand (calcium carbonate) on top of a primary substrate of regular sandbox sand when I clean out the crab tank (every six to eight weeks, since we have only a small pair of hermits). Crab sand gets incidentally eaten, and adds much needed calcium to the normal hermit crab diet. Crabs that have molted in the new environment have been redder in color and much healthier looking than before. Since I haven't changed much else about the habitat, I attribute the positive change to the addition of the crab sand.

Always remember -- hermit crabs have modified gills, and need a moist environment. Don't just keep them in a reptile tank with the cover off unless you live in a very humid, consistently warm environment -- they'll suffer and eventually die of suffocation. We've added a humidity and temperature gauge to the inside of the tank, and we keep the glass cover on the tank and a clean sponge in the water dish almost all the time to keep the humidity level where it should be (70% to 80% humidity and 70 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit is ideal). I also have a heating pad on a timer so that it creates a temperature gradient at night, when it can get a bit cooler."
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Review 6 for Zoo Med Hermit Crab Sand

Overall Rating: 1 out of 5 1 of 5
Quality: 1 out of 5 1 of 5
Written By: hermitLover
( Philidelphia PA )
Not a good product Date: January 1, 2007
"This product is horriable. This is the sand that i first got for my hermies but after a month or so, it got really smelly and nasty. When i tried to shovel out the mess that they made, it was really hard to do because it clumped."
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Review 7 for Zoo Med Hermit Crab Sand

Overall Rating: 3 out of 5 3 of 5
Quality: 3 out of 5 3 of 5
Written By: rere
( miami fl )
not good Date: July 16, 2006
"this sand is not good because of the color will stain hermit crabs shells if the shell is a cream white or light colored shell. it stained my hermit crabs shell and i hade to whait untill she molted and got a new shell to clean it

ps. DONT use soap or detergnts when washing h,c relatd stuff"
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Review 8 for Zoo Med Hermit Crab Sand

Overall Rating: 4 out of 5 4 of 5
Quality: 4 out of 5 4 of 5
Written By: BlueTongueSkink
( Broomfield, CO )
Top 10 Contributor Top 10 Contributor
Sand not only for Crabs Date: April 21, 2006
"This fine-grained sand comes in many designer colours, so it'll match just about anything. Has calcium which is good for your reptile's health, just don't allow over-compaction(eating too much will make them sick). Small reptiles such as small Arid(desert) lizards love this sand too. Overall; great and fun-coloured sand that works fine for desert lizards too. "
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