HCA: Hermit Crab Association

My crab has been under for over a month now, and we’re expecting it to come up any day. We haven’t heard anything at all until this morning, when I heard it digging around and scraping against the glass of the tank for about an hour, but it went silent after a while. It’s the end of the day and the ...

NORTHERN VA OR HARRISONBURG

Looking for a crab in northern VA or Harrisonburg
One of our hermit crabs passed away unexpectedly yesterday and I’m looking for a friend for the remaining crab.
We have a 35gal with one large crab who is very friendly and active.
Please DM me!

LAST UPDATED: 09/03/20

What brand do you have? Where is it in your tank? Near the substrate hanging up? Do you mist? Can the crabs climb on it? Is there any corrosion on the battery terminals or batteries? Sorry for the million questions. They may help us figure out why you are having this problem. AcuRite Digital Weathe...

Hello! I followed the advice of this sub and purchased a digital thermometer and humidity gauge from Walmart. It worked great for a few months, then the display started to disappear until the numbers were no longer readable. So I went to Home Depot and got a similar one from there, but after a few m...

I struggled with humidity in my tank for a while, the only thing that helped was getting a plexiglass/acrylic/glass fish tank lid for the top.

Hello! I live In Harrisonburg, VA. My email is supergingernubby@gmail.commif you haven’t found someone already

How big are they? I might have someone who is interested, and I’ll be in DC this weekend

Hello! I just adopted a couple larger-sized crabs. They were living in a plastic container with their previous owners (who bought them at the beach) and I put them into a nice crabitat with substrate and new shells. One of my crabs immediately changed out of his painted shell, went back to the paint...