Don hermit crabs live on beach sand in the wild?So what kind of sand should I use?
CrabbyOne wrote: Only some species live on the beaches, not all. But honestly, I don’t want to be working with this stuff as often as I do, and I don’t want this stuff in my house anymore after reading the dire warnings on the data sheets. If the dust is harmful to us, I think maybe it could be harmful to them? In the wild, they have the choice to leave the sandy beach whenever they please. Even if it were completely safe for the crabs (which I doubt), I don’t want my family and myself exposed to silica dust everyday. I don’t keep my sand wet, because it always went musty on me. Health and Safety is saying that you should never use play sand indoors, and that you should keep it wet outdoors to keep the silica dust down in order to protect your kids. Everytime we sift through the sand to remove poop, we’re stirring up some silica dust and breathing it in…. They say it takes years of exposure before problems show up. Tmqp wrote: Crushed oyster shell is available at any farm store. It i
