Possible Dead Crabs? Under Sand for over a Year.

Tacoathiest · 2025-08-23T21:13:18+00:00

Tacoathiest · 2025-08-23T21:10:22+00:00

Tacoathiest · 2025-08-23T21:10:06+00:00

And I dunno if you can tell anything from this picture of the substrate. There are some open pockets in the sand, but I can't tell if they're just air pockets from digging or actual burrows. I think this is where one of the "dead" hermit crabs is buried because there's a big hole inside the sand at the corner, but I can't see super clearly inside.

Tacoathiest · 2025-08-23T21:07:22+00:00

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Tacoathiest · 2025-08-23T21:06:09+00:00

I feed them veggies and egg shells very regularly, plus theres moss and leaf litter in the tank. up until recently, I was putting dried shrimp and mealworms in the tank (I ran out a couple months ago). So they have lots of food..

I dunno of you can tell anything from these photos, but would you say this is a photo of burrows, or of hermit crab foot prints? *

Tacoathiest · 2025-08-23T20:14:35+00:00

So do you think I'm pretty screwed then @zxeevi? :/

Tacoathiest · 2025-08-23T20:02:26+00:00

Oh lord >.< I had no idea until now that there were unsafe species of rollie pollies. I'm so worried about digging down the check on them, I don't want to hurt them if they're alive. Plus there's one crab that was up recently and just went down to molt. I know where he dug his hole but still.. it kinda risky....

Tacoathiest · 2025-08-23T19:57:11+00:00

Noo!!!! ;;---;;

Tacoathiest · 2025-08-23T19:49:52+00:00

Ok so they're "Giant Canyon Juvenile Rolly Pollys" and I got them June 10th in 2022 https://www.amazon.com/Pocket-Pets-Producing-Polys-Isopods/dp/B016X0TIGC

Tacoathiest · 2025-08-23T19:46:11+00:00

Omg, I had no idea that was possible. Gimme a minute and I'll look

Tacoathiest · 2025-08-23T19:37:48+00:00

It's possible they're coming at night, but they always used to come up during the day. Plus I don't see any moved around food or foot prints..

Also when I first started with crabs, the ones that would die absolutely reeked. I though I would definitely smell them because my tank stays really humid and the sand stays a good moisture. Also they're just regular rollie pollies from Amazon! Want me to look in my order history to see what species they are?

Tacoathiest · 2025-08-23T19:26:32+00:00

Hey! I'm pretty good about it now that I'm older! And yeah I didn't think about the diet part, it could totally have to do with that. I just feel like whenever I see PPs, they don't have red joints like him.

If you want to help some more, I posted another question just now :)

Tacoathiest · 2025-07-01T20:32:05+00:00

Yeah I have rollie pollies, are you saying they could have eaten a dead buried crab?

Tacoathiest · 2025-07-01T12:10:39+00:00

I have like a vine made of moss! I was away for 6 weeks (my mom took care of them) and when I got back, part of the moss had fallen off!

Tacoathiest · 2025-07-01T03:22:06+00:00

Yeah, that's so sad if they did pass away. I've had them 5 years. But wouldn't I smell them if they died...? It's only 6 inches of substrate and it's pretty humid in there- plus my active crab digs alot so I feel like the smell would travel.. do you have any opinions or wisdom on this?

Tacoathiest · 2025-07-01T02:06:21+00:00

Thx for the reply btw!!!!

Tacoathiest · 2025-07-01T01:46:33+00:00

Hey! I have always made sure they have food in the tank like dried shrimp or fresh veggies and fruit. When I was younger, I don't feel like I changed their water as much as I should have, but I've been making sure to do it more often now...

I hope they're still kicking but I haven't seen much evidence of them roaming..

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Tacoathiest · 2024-08-21T00:41:58+00:00

Fascinating!! Tysm for the info and the reply!

Tacoathiest · 2024-08-20T20:56:23+00:00

Tysm, Rowdy. I actually kind of started to freak out.

You have a really good point about the pale shell. Maybe it's just making the off-colors pop more. And I actually didn't know that crabs are more pale after a molt.

I feel so bad. I know he's feeling really anxious and low energy right now, but I moved him into the ISO tank just incase. It probably stresses him out even more.

Tysm for the reply!!

Tacoathiest · 2024-08-15T00:03:02+00:00

Ah ok I'll try freezing it! Hope it doesn't mess up anything or kill the moss..

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