HCA: Hermit Crab Association

GotButterflies wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 06, 2020 2:21 pm

I'm happy to help with this AussieJJ! It's up to you

I think I can only add you through Facebook? I don't even remember how JJ and I got access together, but the dashboard is saying it's controlled by the FB business platform.

I have some nice images of my crabs. Do you have to have an IG to share them to the HCA IG? Sent from my SM-G930T using Tapatalk Nope! There is a thread around here to post photos you don't mind us using. I think it is here in pictures. Or you can email me or JJ directly if you don't have a way to ...

Crab tanks do have their own special bouquet! New tanks especially go through a break-in period where bacteria and mould have to sort themselves out. Allowing for some air flow really helps. Organic material like the cholla and cork can be boiled in heavily salted water, which will inhibit mould gro...

He's a little pale pinkish even for a small crab, but I wouldn't worry if he's moving around and acting okay. His moult could have been disturbed too quickly, it takes a little while to fully harden and darken after. One 'off' moult is also not too unusual, I've had crabs suddenly become some bizarr...

GotButterflies wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 04, 2020 11:13 am

I love it!! Can you post that on our IG page? Happy 4th of July to you as well!!!

EDIT: LOOK AT THOSE EYELASHES!!!!!!!

The other holiday pics were mine. I feel like I'm taking over official hca stuff at this point.

Took a few crabs to get the shot! https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200704/65210c6b426ff2b690bf0922e09dda6c.jpg Nope. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200704/a8c8ad0cc1a93409c9d03854b7d3b8d7.jpg Nuh-uh. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200704/a7009c4abb474dbfb76e066f6b5aa9f4.jpg No way! https:/...

Table salt refers to salt with iodine added. Humans need that extra iodine to stay healthy, since we no longer all live by the ocean and eat a ton of seafood. Kosher salt is nothing but pure mined salt, no additives Sea salt is dried sea water BUT it's not a complete mixture of all the salts and ele...

Any bottled water is safe so long as it's been dechlorinated.

The test they use picks up chlorine at or above 4mg/l - which is the maximum safe level for all tap water. They don't say whether they do or don't chlorinate, so it's safer to dechlor just to be safe.

I've fed Repashy gecko diets almost exclusively to my rugosus for nearly 4 years. However, it's the only brand I trust for my actual geckos, because of all the research and feedback Alan Repashy has done over the years. I personally would not use this one, without more information about it.

Try reboiling the turbo shells you do have for a couple of minutes, and then dipping the shells in saltwater when they cool, before putting them back. This can trick them into thinking the shells are new, and the saltwater attracts them to go shopping. Might work!

HermieCrabs wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 30, 2020 7:06 pm

Ah, okay, thank you! So I'd need both products.

Or you can use whatever you're using to treat your freshwater on both, and just get the salt.

I was also wanting to switch to Instant Ocean... is it better to get the large box pictured above? I also saw this version and wondered about it. https://www.amazon.com/Instant-Ocean-Marine-Conditioner-Aquariums/dp/B002XT4UGQ/ref=sr_1_7?dchild=1&keywords=instant%2Bocean&qid=1593463602&sr=8-7&th=1 T...

That is a ton of water that spilled! Have you checked your tank to make sure it isn't flooded at the bottom? I'm concerned you'll either have standing water now, or that your tank is going to be super dry going foward without that extra water daily. Also, salt doesn't evaporate - it just keeps build...

I like to make the comparison to humans. Our blood is iron-based - we need iron in our diets or we become anaemic and die. However, a fairly major cause of poisoning and death in little kids is an overdose of iron from eating too many vitamins and supplements. (Like, they steal the bottle and have t...

Usually the cost of the glass is what kills! For a non-watertight tank, building is fairly easy - frame, silicon, done. It's the large chunks of thick enough glass to hold back what is inside that are crazy expensive.

My skyscraper was like $140. Had to special request it!