Can saltwater hermit crabs live on land?

Question

I just found a couple of hermit crabs in the water at a local beach can i keep them in a sandy envirement with a hermit crab that i bought or do they need to be kept in salt water?

Answer 1

They will need saltwater, the hermits in my tank never see dry land. In the ocean they will venture to land, but they live in the water.

Answer 2

yup

Answer 3

Yes hermit crabs can definantly live on land but you would need an access to salt water. Get a small dish with very shallow salt water, it should work. They prefer land most of time though.

You can get marine salt from petstore, on a dish with shallow water, put very little of marine salt in it, about 1/4 of a spoon. (make sure you don't buy aquarium salt, aquarium salt are for freshwater and marine salt are for salt water).

Answer 4

there crabs so as long as they eat and i think crabs are born on land then go out to the sea

Answer 5

Then can but you need to supply them with salt water. Look at this website for more info. It helped me when I got my first Saltwaters! ;]

http://www.hermit-crabs.com/

Good luck!!