HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I have 2 largish Purple Pinchers I would like to rehome. They were purchased at Petco 3.5 years ago. They come with their 15 gallon crabitat and all accessories including one of those heaters that attaches to the back of the tank (can't remember what it's called). I also have some food and Instant O...

Hmm, good point. I haven't been able to check closely but it appears they both have all their front legs intact. Also, they have both been active, not buried, for a couple months so I don't think it's from a molt... I'm pretty sure about 6 months ago our third crab died (disappeared), but based on t...

I just found a crab leg sitting by the food dish! :shock: I read in a post losing a leg can be a sign of stress. About 10 days ago we changed the crabitat by adding a lot of substrate to fill in low areas. It ended up being a whole new layer, to make it deeper for the crabs. I suppose that could hav...

Interesting. I know my kids would love to add some rollies. What you described reminds me of tiny snails being accidentally introduced into aquariums on live plants. When I had aquariums it became a real nuisance, picking out all the snails each water change and basically throwing them away, only to...

So what about Isopods? Not necessary? Do people just get some roly pollies from the yard and put em in? My kids would like that, but I wouldn't want the rollies to get too numerous...

Thanks!

Perfect, thanks all!

I have been using a sample bag of Oceanic aquarium salt for the year and 4 months I've had our crabitat. Now it's finally run out, and I can't find anymore sample bags (small and low cost). Is the Zoo Med Hermit Crab Salt Water Conditioner an okay product? If not, what have people been successful us...

Great thank you! Do you recommend mixing it into the substrate or just adding on top to the low areas?

Wow! Thank you so much! Yeah, the poop is hard to see in the dark EE, but since there's no smell I guess I won't worry about it right now.
I am planning to add some new substrate to fill in some low areas soon.

I saw this product on amazon, 75% off. I have had my crabitat for 1 year 4 months. The substrate is a blend of playground sand and eco earth. There are some low spots I was thinking of filling in. Opinions about this product would be appreciated. It has mostly very good reviews, but a few very bad o...

We've had our crabitat for 1 year 4 months. I'm somewhat ashamed to say I have never really cleaned it! We have 3 crabs in a 15 gallon tank, well, actually I am pretty sure only 2 now :( . Up until recently there always seemed to be a crab buried so I felt I couldn't disturb the substrate. The tank ...

Thank you!

The first crab to go under about a month ago resurfaced today! My kids and I were all so surprised and happy to see it is still alive! It is very active, but it looks pale and gray so I'm thinking maybe it didn't molt. Is it normal for a crab to stay under that long and not be molting? This keeping ...

Thank you for your responses. Today I removed my moss pit to rinse the moss and found one of the crabs in the moss!!! It was the last one to disappear and has been in there for 3-4 days. I suppose it could be coming out at night and I just didn't realize it. I put it back into the crabitat in the lo...