HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Hello and welcome. I'm thinking your heat pad is too small if you purchased a ZooMeds that is labeled for a 10-20 gallon. They are labeled for reptiles use not hermit crabs. Reptiles only need a small area to lay that is warm and move to regulate their temperature. Hermit crabs need the entire air w...

Your middle picture is how I measure.

Here is Naples guide on how they measure their shells.

http://naplesseashellcompany.com/sizematters.html

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Thank you for all the encouragement. We are still amazed we have these little guys. It never would have happened without all the knowledge we learned from everyone here, other hermit crab groups all the vendors we purchase our foods from and of course our crabs. We did a count last night. We are est...

Decasulated Brine shrimp eggs from The Cholla Queen on Etsy, and Instant Baby Brine Shimp from Ocean Nutrition found on Amazon.

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On Tuesday one of my crabs was all over the tank. Pacing every square inch all night. Since they are usually active I didn't think much of it. The next morning I saw two of my straws in the saltwater pool. Yay! The new pool paid off! The male was actually holding the female. Upon further investigati...

The tanks are in different rooms. Added a 10 gallon tonight for the zoea we found this morning! Once we find our own house we are planning to make a bedroom into a crab room. I would love to find a huge tank 250 gallons or more so we only need 2 or three tanks

That is a mess of airline isn't it! Lol! Even with gang valves to control the air I couldn't dial it in as I wanted to. My pump is for a 5O gallon and above tank. Way overkill. With having the two valves for three air stones one would get all the air and the others little or nothing. I was trying to...

Thanks! I'm was totally unprepared. I am glad I took your advice and changed the water! Perfect timing. Perhaps they were waiting for cleaner water? I had two different straws with eggs this year! The first one, Abby I gave to Mary with the eggs. Unfortunately she dropped the eggs and Mary couldn't ...

This morning when I checked my tanks I saw two crabs in the water. Upon further inspection I noticed lots of tiny floating things. Zoea! I'm completely unprepared for this! But will give it a go! I turned my filter off so they don't get sucked up! https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190820/9b7c928dbb...

OOOH! We have been here several times! I couldn't tell you how many times we upgraded tanks sizes or added a smaller tanks only to upgrade them to house more rescues and adoptions. We started with a 20 tall about 3 years ago with 4-5 crabs. Now we have two 29's, 30, 55, and 75 with 38 crabs at the l...

The easiest way to build a moss pit is to purchase a plastic shower caddy with suction cups. Rinse the caddy in dechlorinated water clean the glass where you are going to stick the caddy then stick the suction cups. I like to zip tie pieces of cholla to the caddy to act as legs and to allow access f...

Thanks for all the help. I just changed out 80% or more of the water. I checked the levels before changing and we're still similar to yesterday with the nitrates and nitrites. I am still using those strips, like you said they leave a good bit of guesswork to choosing the correct color. I scooped out...

Yea, scour whatever online marketplaces you can. Craigslist, let go, offer up, and Facebook. I have seen a ton of various sizes in our area ranging from 10 gallon up to 220 gallons. I picked up our 75 gallon just over a year ago for $150 and a stand. As long as you don't need a tank right away you s...

I'll check my water levels again tonight and see how much they changed. Then I will preform a water change. I'm debating on leaving the filter alone so it still has the different bacterias. That way I won't be loosing all the progress in cycling. The stones and gravel I was just looking for somethin...

Most crabs only stand at the edge of the water and get their claws wet. I have been experimenting with my saltwater pool for a few weeks now. After seeing Courtney Karr's bioactive presentation at Crab Con really got me thinking about the pools. I think she has some crazy activity in her pools from ...