HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Funny how covid quarantine gives those crabbies a bit more attention. Not sure what number redesign this is during 2020... We’ve had suction cup failures, and have finally made the crabs [emoji886] their very own dock. Going on about 1.5 years with 3 crabs. And my kindergartener has all the [emoji7]...

My 5 year old and I are going for a pretty big reno of the crabby tank as some quarantine fun. As we stumbled through attempts to use aquarium silicone to rock some Tupperware, my techy hubby chimes in. He designed and 3D printed some pools for us instead. I’m super excited, pretty sure it looks cli...

curlysister wrote:I scrubbed my driftwood with some salt water and baked it in the oven for a bit like Links described. My only regret is that I didn't pick up more when I was at the Lake!`

I had to restrain myself from picked my up more than a bag full for our 29 gal [emoji2957]


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We collected this beautiful driftwood with hopes to add it to the tank. Best methods to sterilize? Fresh picked off Puget Sound (saltwater) and hoping not to introduce problems or mold https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200420/78ab50b3f2bd7762d95eef64d1031a1d.jpg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It is not unusual for a crab to molt a couple of times in short order. Or to just come up and go back down for unknown reasons. Do you have a big enough tank and deep enough substrate? 30 gallon and 6 inches. We’ve been trying to patiently wait to see all up from molting to add some extra substrate...

Fairly new to the crabbies. We’ve had 4 since August of last year. We believe most went through a molt shortly after we got them, and during December had only really seen 2. Too early for another molt? We had seen evidence of a potential fight— one detached leg on the sand one morning [emoji51]. Tod...

I’ve been a very anxious first timer. Our original little crab that started a slight obsession, 2 tank upgrades and 3 additional crabs [emoji886] since the first of July, Sandy had been down since July 26. His crabbie buddies all started to join him under the sand. We’ve been caring for a tank full ...

We have one crab that I’m seriously worried that she never leaves the moss pit. Haven’t seen the other three touch it [emoji2372]


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Thank you for the tips!


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What did you do to prep it for the tank? We live on Puget Sound and I’ve been wanting to collect from the beach but unsure of safety

Where did you source your driftwood from?


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Super curious on your replies [emoji1695]. We are about 2 weeks in with the same condensation problem. I asked got advice to watch for flooding and that some open the lid sometimes. Neither seem like a great solution, just bandaids.


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Thank you! I’ve had rotating proteins in—egg, steak, quinoa, and almonds. Also crushed up egg shell and fresh caught Dungeness crab shell for calcium.
The condensation is constant, I’ve seen the advice to be wary of flooding, but not much on any solutions. Anything to do to thwart it?

Hi All. Like I’ve read about quite a few, we had no idea what we were getting into. My 4 year old spent the day at the beach with Grandma and Grandpa doing all things crab [emoji886]. He came home, much like other visits to their beach house pronouncing his love of crabs and asked if we could keep o...

New to crabbing [emoji886]we have a house on Puget Sound. There’s some beautiful driftwood on the beach, if baked (or another better sanitizing method) could we use driftwood from the beach?


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