Hermit Crab Heat Lamp

Here are some simple tips for heating and lighting a hermit crab tank.

Hermit crab heat lamp. I use a 25 watt night glo at night and a 25 watt sun glo bulb during the day in my 10 gallon crabitat. My house is between 68 72 degrees. Provide daytime light and heat. In this case we need a bulb that will do two things.

Hermit crabs like humidity and heat which allows them to survive in cold weather. Use a full spectrum or white light bulb for 12 hours during the day if the room you keep your crab in. Plan for a heat pad and later adding an overhead light bulb. Use of a uvb bulb may extend the life of your hermit crab in captivity.

I have no problems maintaining temperatures. Zacro 60w reptile heat lamp with one digital thermometer infrared ceramic heating non light lamps emitter 110v black 60w. This item fluker s domed lamp for hermit crabs 5 5 inch fluker s reptile incandescent daylight bulb for pet habitat blue fluker s 22800 red heat bulbs for reptiles 40 watt. If you re worried that a heating pad isn t enough to keep your hermit crabs warm try a heat lamp.

Mobile homes as your hermit crabs grow they ll need bigger shells so provide a selection of shells slightly larger than the ones they already have. For this you can use either an incandescent white light bulb a reptile daylight heating bulb incandescent or a uvb cfl with a heating element. Additional heat can be supplied with a heat bulb not a heat lamp for reptiles which is dangerous for hermit crabs or a heat mat underneath one side of the tank. Using a desk lamp to heat the tank or high wattage reptile bulbs may overheat the tank and be too drying so these are not recommended.

A heat mat or heat lamp is a very good heat source. The typical use is a 5 0 reptile bulb for most tanks. This means day glow or fluorescent bulbs should only be off at night though special nighttime bulbs can be used if desired. Be sure to provide a light dark cycle such as 12 hours of light and 12 hours of dark.