Zoo Med Hermit Soil Coconut Fiber Brick 650g

Takes a little patience but great for crabbies.

Perfect for our hermit crabs. Much better than sand or some of the other things we have tried that are specifically for reptiles or hermit crabs but ended up being the wrong consistency for our crabs to crawl in. Make sure this is at least twice as deep as your largest crab, they need to be able to bury themselves when they molt. Sadly, we were not told this when we bought our hermit crabs at the mall and were told that an inch of sand was plenty -- so make sure you educate yourself. This comes in a small brick and then you just add water to it and it expands to be plenty for our 10 gallon tank.

The crabs love it. We have 5 and the all buried themselves and molted for a month as soon as I put it in. The love to dig. Have a big bucket to mix. It grows 5 times its size.

Used about half and mixed with a sand substrate. Hermit crab seems happy :). Product is messy and takes a while to soak and break up.

Our hermit crabs couldnt be happier in their habitat. This bock of coconut soil gave them the amount of soil they needed. Its durable, just dont let any food left over fall on it without cleaning it, because it can cause some form of mold... otherwise, no issues whatsoever with the product. Id buy it again.

Grows mold! And fast!

Once you add water it expanded more than I thought

My hermit crabs seem to love this stuff. Keeps my crab it at at optimal humidity levels. No weird smells when used.

Works well

Do not buy. The fibers never dried enough and developed mold we didn’t see. The hermit crabs got sick quickly and died. I have always bought the bagged coconut fiber prior. 2 hermit crabs No longer with us...and 2 sad kids ...