Heat Mat Hermit Crab Tank

Fluker s hermit headquarters has an easy to use heating mat for hermit crabs that keeps your hermit crab at a stable temperature.

Heat mat hermit crab tank.

Learn how to setup and care for your hermit crabs from dr. However with hermit crabs you put the mat on the outside back or side of the tank and not underneath. This heating mat is 2 watts which provides just the right amount of heat for your pet. To accomplish this you can place the heat pad all the way to either end or your tank.

Mark mitchell professor of zoological medicine at the lsu school of veterinary medicine and fluk. Your heat pad may need an exterior layer of insulation to help direct all the heat into the tank. Many of you asked for a more detailed vid on hermit crab heat and humidity so i thought i would make this for you. The small plastic homes with accessories sold as hermit crab kits are too small though these plastic cages make excellent temporary homes or isolation tanks.

Hermit crabs will feel at home in either a glass or plastic tank. This step is a must before adding your substrate heat mats should only be placed on the outside sides of the tank at least 4 5 inches from the bottom of the tank or the same height of the sub level if you have smaller crabs the sub should be at least 5 6 inches deep so plan where to put the mats according to how deep the sub needs to be you can use a ruler to measure this. Make sure to check all the links. Before you can even think of heating your hermit crab tank you need to know if your crabs truly need the special treatment.

Let s get into how to warm your land hermit crabs and keep their enclosure a comfortable 65 80 degrees fahrenheit 19 27 degrees celcius with at least 70 humidity. For use outside your pet s enclosure. We recommend placing the heat mat so that 1 2 the mat is above ground and 1 2 the mat is below ground which will allow crabs above or below to move toward or away from the heat source as desired. A sliding glass one will work well to contain humidity.

Picking the tank. Made of durable construction which provides a uniform evenly distributed heat. Hermit crabs are cold blooded creatures and must have a warmish and cooler side to their substrate. This particular heating pad is 8 x 6 inches which is fine for a smaller hermit crab tank but it does also come in a 12 x 8 inch model just in case you need something a bit bigger.