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Old 12-10-2008, 06:56 AM   #21
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I'm afraid so. 60 degrees is way too cold for hermit crabs. Unless you can somehow heat the part of the room you want the crabs to stay in, and close it off, they will probably not work in your setup.
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Old 12-10-2008, 09:17 AM   #22
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60 degrees is too cold for any kind of crab for that matter afaik imho. Fiddlers won't like it, red claws won't either. Generally speaking these little critters like temps above 72*F
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Mixing species with such different requirements could put both in risk of pathogens that one is immune to but the other is in danger of...
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