Crabs.

[Jonah2940]

Hello all

I'm having my hermit crabs, sally lightfoot and an arrow crab delivered on Wednesday.

I don't have a Q tank so should I freshwater dip these the same as fish?

Thanks

Matthew

 

[Sonicblast12]

No, I believe that would kill them very quickly.

Just drip acclimate them for an hour or two, more is better.

 

[dorkfish]

It's not a common occurrence for invertebrates to bring parasites into your aquarium; you really don't need to worry about them making your fish sick.

 

[Max]

You'll want to introduce them slowly to your tank water conditions. Inverts do adjust nearly as well to osmotic shock as bony fish. It probably wouldn't be 100% needed but, it would at least give you some practice for harder critters etc.
imho

 

[Jonah2940]

Thanks all