Along with heating humidity is a very important feature in a hermit crab s habitat.
How to make a hermit crab habitat second floor.
Also if you use overhead lights you can provide your hermit crabs a way to get closer to the lights and warm themselves as needed.
Hermit crabs rely on humidity to breathe and will begin to suffocate if their habitat is too dry.
Making use of all four walls of the tank will give your hermit crabs more room to roam and explore.
Then add objects like hollow logs and large empty hermit crab shells so that the crabs have things to climb on.
Some use shower soap suctioned cup levels but i had a real problem when i tried that in my tank.
You can get very creative in making second levels with a variety of materials.
The best thing you can use is what was made to do that with.
Next line the bottom of the tank with 2 to 3 inches of fine gravel or bark which you can get at a pet store.
There are several ways to make a second floor landing for your hermit crabs.
New hermit crab supplies.
To create a hermit crab habitat buy a glass tank with a minimum of 5 gallons of space for every 2 crabs.
The correct range for relative humidity is 70 to 80 and should be monitored using a hygrometer a tool for measuring humidity levels.