HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I sent you a PM regarding the adoption. I'm in Harrisburg PA, so it would require us meeting halfway, about an hr for each, if you don't find someone closer to home before your move. If you're interested, I'd be happy to send you more info about my experience with the crabs and pics of our tank. Let...

Does that also work to kill insects/eggs? I'd rather boil than bake and my freezer is full...

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I just bought some outdoor command strips to try in the tank, but only time will tell. They're a bit more expensive than the others, but all of the reg command strips I used fell off after about 9 mos being in the tank. There is one thing I've found that works incredibly well though - Cable Tie Moun...

I sent you a PM asking if you found a home yet. If not, please let me know. I think I could help you out.

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In hindsight, I should have kept scrolling before hitting send. This was posted at the end of April 2020. The crabs seem to be in a big open bin in the middle of what I'm guessing is an air conditioned store, with no substrate, nothing to climb, very little area to hide, and in another picture there...

Ok, so I found an earlier post, they all have natural shells (yay!) but no sand. I don't know what to think now.

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This is a recent FB post from The Spoiled Pet in Myrtle Beach. They are at least offering them fresh water and not just a damp sponge but still disheartened to see the painted shells. I have no idea what the rest of the conditions would be. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200711/66da58ad4fe345dc7...

I'd like to know that also. After she accepted my adoption offer, she never returned my emails for making pick up arrangements. My best guess is that the crab didn't make it.

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Thank you, I didn't know that about aloe. I was under the complete opposite impression. Fortunately, they never bothered the succulents except for hiding behind them or throwing them from the planter. Perhaps it is true that they know better than we do what they can safely eat. I certainly won't be ...

Sorry I haven't responded, it's been a busy month. First, I have the plants all over the tank. Some are in glass containers suction cupped to the sides, up above the water. Others are in planters around the tank. One is on a second level, one is on a platform over the water, and some are positioned ...

How do I keep my crabs from killing their plants? In the last 6 months they've eaten an entire fern, a sorrel plant (the only one they were supposed to eat!) and a dracaena. They killed a beautiful bromelied by first snapping off the upper 2/3rds and finally by digging the rest out of the planter. T...

Ok...kids are at the movies and I grabbed the microscope. Btw, it's really REALLY HARD to take a pic from the microscope without an attachment. It's the best I could do. The pics are all using a 10x lens. I'm leaning towards insect case. The 1st 2 are close ups of the outside. The next is a pic of t...

This is Rita. She's my feisty girl. She lost her big claw a few weeks after I adopted her, most likely in a shell fight. I take her out once every week or two to make sure she's still ok. Nothing slows her down! While I had her out, I thought I'd send a pic to the family I adopted her from and she o...

This is what she told me when I asked: It's probably fine, but I couldn't figure out what it is. I bought a box of remnants. I do remember that the Etsy seller knew they were going to be used for hermit crabs so she hand picked longer pieces from her remnants for me, and I think she has hermies hers...

I put everything away this morning so I can wrap presents. I'll have to take a closer look later and see if I can't figure it out or post some other pics. I'm also going to contact the lady who gave them to me to see ifshe can't shed some light on the issue. Oh, and that's my Samsung Note 10+, I can...