Yay! I'm getting a hermit crab!

Congratulations on choosing one of my favorite exotic pets! Hermit crabs are clean, disease-free, cute, fun, and inexpensive. There are many myths and inaccurate care sheets and advice out there, so please read on! Hermit crabs come from tropical regions; therefore, they have a few easy, yet essential requirements for their "home away from home" (which we like to call a crabitat). Once these basic requirements are met, you will find hermit crabs to be a relatively simple yet rewarding pet to care for. Provided the proper high humidity and temperature, a substrate they can dig in, and plenty of fresh and salt water, food, toys, and extra shells, your hermit crab will live up to 25 years and grow from the size of a marble to the size of a baseball!

Breeding fish is not as dull as it may sound. I remember how paternal I felt when my guppies had puppies - or fry as they are called in the industry. It was all very exciting at first. Then the unmentionable happened -infanticide. The guppies gulped the puppies with glee.

Do your fish have trouble deciding whether to sink or swim? If so, the advice below will help to keep your fish in fine fettle.

A list of things you should consider if you're thinking of getting tropical fish.

A list of things to get you started with your new goldfish.

Siamese Fighters, or Betta's as they are also commonly known, are one of the easiest fish to look after. They're a hardy fish and if you can get a few basic things right, you'll end up with a very happy fish!

Start your freshwater aquarium properly & getting into a good maintenance routine will give you the best chance of keeping your fish healthy and your tank cleaner. And don't be afraid of bacteria - there are good and bad bacteria and finding the balance will make all of the difference.