HCA: Hermit Crab Association

So....things happened faster than planned I got my hermies today and almost finished the tank yesterday.

Now I just need to plan and build a bigger tank, with evething that wouldn't fit in this one


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Slowly moving on. With this speed I'll be ready sometime next year. :) One pool is in place near the corner. White plastic box is a wannabe shell shop. Big piece of coconutwall is fastened in place. Everything else is still moving around. (I definitely need a bigger tank) :? White plastic will need ...

15 cm doesn't sound deep enough. That's just under 6 inches. How many crabs and what sizes? I'd go with a minimum of 8 inches of substrate. Check out the care pages on here. There are links. We use UTHs from the Bean Farm and Reptile Basics on the back of our tanks, above the substrate No crabs yet...

Building my first crabitat. Tank is a 121 litre exo terra. Bioactive crabitat is what I would like to end up with. That said my pools are going to be too small for proper cycling. So this will be my learning tank and a bigger crabbitat with proper pools with filters will follow someday. Hopefully I ...

Welcome to the HCA. How familiar are you with hermit crabs care in general? I am all for Bioactive crabitats. It may be a lot to try and achieve on a first crabitat. It takes some time to learn how to keep heat and humidity in check with a lot of beginners. Adding more details too quickly can easil...

Building my first crabitat. Collecting supplies for now. And sorry for any language mistakes, english is not my first language. Future crabitat will hopefully contain many plants and very little plastic. Bioactive setup would be great. Thinking about getting some branches. How thin can they be? Is s...