HCA: Hermit Crab Association

aussieJJDude wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 26, 2018 8:05 pm

(And better than James Charles new pallette!)

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I always recommend keeping exotic species with another one of their kind, even if you say they appear to be happy. They will be fine without a species buddy, but it is generally and best recommended that you do keep at least two exotic species together :) I understand, I was just sharing my experie...

I do not know what to do about them molting together, but how did you find your crab? The two crabs will probably leave one another.

AwesomeHermit wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 12, 2019 8:43 am

My crabs took the air stone off the tube and dragged it onto the second level.

I’m noticing now that thy also somehow removed the part of the air stone which connects to the tube

Personally, I would adopt, but if you have to get them at a shop I would recommend which ever keeps better care of their crabs. I have mixed opinions on this, because my smallest was killed while molting but I also had crabs of a similar size have shell fights (only happened once or twice). some peo...

Very cute! One morning I found my biggest crab climbing the wire which was outside the tank

First of all, welcome to the HCA! I personally have a mesh lid and covered it with custom-cut plastic. I would assume that 4 inches would be a good size as long as there is a ramp, like you said, and the crabs can fully submerge themselves, also like as you said. I would not recommend having indirec...

It is recommended that you have at least 2 or 3 Ecuadorians, even though my E used to do fine..

Thank you for letting me know!

An AcuRite gauge is what most of us on here uses.

I actually got them from Costco, but they stopped selling it.

Hermiesguardian wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 13, 2019 9:24 pm

Too bad they're so addicting.

Very true. After all, people would rather have two crabs than one.

I have heard of a number of owners who had their crabs for 10+ years with only a few, like two or three.

I just noticed this now, it's weird because I named my camera Crabbie Cam while setting up before I even saw this thread lol

Sorry for the late response, but if the crab has not been under for a week yet, I would dig them up because they likely did not yet start the molting process.