Hermit Crab Shells

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Hi all,

I recently bought some more shells for my red legged hermit crabs off of Amazon. Do I need to clean/dip these shells in any way before putting them into my display tank? I’m still new to the hobby so I apologize if this is an obvious question.
 

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Hi all,

I recently bought some more shells for my red legged hermit crabs off of Amazon. Do I need to clean/dip these shells in any way before putting them into my display tank? I’m still new to the hobby so I apologize if this is an obvious question.
Wouldn’t hurt to rinse in ro water
 

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Hi all,

I recently bought some more shells for my red legged hermit crabs off of Amazon. Do I need to clean/dip these shells in any way before putting them into my display tank? I’m still new to the hobby so I apologize if this is an obvious question.
Can you link the shells you bought?
 

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