Do Hermit Crabs Need A Heat Lamp. For this you can use either an incandescent white light bulb a reptile daylight heating bulb incandescent or a uvb cfl with a heating. Pour 1 to 2 inches of sand into your pet hermit crab s cage. 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.
I would recommend this lamp to anyone with a similar crab turtle type set up. And heat lamps evaporate humidity which also should be.
Provide daytime light and heat.
2 a heat lamp. Do hermit crabs need to have a heat source installed in their habitat. 2 a heat lamp. 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.