TOM Turtle-Hermit Crab Habitat Mangrove Swamp 16-1/2 x 10 1/2 x 4-1/2

No turtle should live in this or any other plastic "lagoon.". Turtles are expensive to maintain in proper and humane conditions. Please do not subject a baby turtle to this death trap. The most popular pet turtle, the Red Eared Slider, requires at least 10 gallons of water per inch of shell length, filtration for 3x the size of the tank, proper water and basking temperatures, and a UVB bulb.

Hermit crabs climb. I'd say if you don't mind trying to find your crab every morning, by all means, go ahead and use this. Like another reviewer said this would be a death trap for a baby water turtle. This isn't some cheap quick fix habitat because you didn't do enough research.

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HELLO FELLOW CRAB OWNERS!

THIS IS NOT SUITABLE FOR ANY CREATURE BUT AS A HERMIT CRAB OWNER HERES WHY NOT TO PUT A HERMIT CRAB IN THIS.

Hermit crabs are awesome, fun, crazy pets. BUT there is a lot of information out there that is incorrect when it comes to their care needs. PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT BUY THIS CAGE. I used this cage in my very early days of having hermit crabs, I then learned the hard way a lot of the things that hermit crabs need that this cage cannot provide. These are some of the things...

1. Metal is dangerous and toxic to hermit crabs, small exposure is okay but not as toys or part of their tank

2. hermit crabs need 3-6" of substrate to dig into and burry themselves in to molt successfully.

3. there is not enough room in this cage to have all the items that a crab needs.

a. salt water dish

b. fresh (declorinated) water dish

c. food dish

d. room to climb and explore

4. this cage cannot hold in heat or humidity, which is vital in keeping hermies alive. Crabs have gills, they need to be able to keep them moist at all times.

when I changed tanks, I kept this cage for "incase of an emergency" moments. If I am having an aggressive crab or crab fights, I COULD use this tank to have them calm down for a little bit or I have used this when I am deep cleaning my tank or when I moved I used this to transfer them (but I removed the water dish and metal climbing wall). Now that I have since upgraded twice, I do not use this because I have a ten gallon tank that I use to isolating an aggressive crab. If you have 1-2 hermit crabs, I have found a 10 gallon tank works good, if you plan on having more, go bigger!

ALSO, PLEASE DO NOT BUY PAINTED SHELLS FOR YOUR HERMIT CRABS -THEY ARE TOXIC !!

WWW.HERMIT-CRABS.COM is a great website, there is almost everything you need to know on this site alone,

hermit crabs require a lot more than pet stores let on. but they are incredible pets, so if you have purchased a

hermit crab for yourself or your child, please do some more research, it is not your fault that you have fallen

for the "hermit crabs only need water, pellet food, and a sponge" We all have to start somewhere. please do not let this steer you away from having hermit crabs because they are great pets, and once you put all the hard work into building a healthy crabitat and learning all the Do's and Don't(s) they are relatively easy to care for!

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I have bought this for my baby turtles.. absolutely wonderful..

very good basking area.. and good space for my turtles to swim..

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First, I bought this as a container for a 5th grade science project. However, I could see this being a cool hermit crab "habitat" as opposed to those cheesy little containers you get from the beach. But I can't possible see this giving a turtle a place to live. Way too small. I would think the turtle could easily climb right out of there. I would definitely look for another home for turtle. But, it worked great for 5th grade ocean project!