HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I like the idea of glass shells. As long as they are shaped like natural shells (inside & out) I can't imagine why the crabs would not like them. As for privacy, we offer many hiding/dark places within our crabitats that they can hide all they want. & I agree. If the crab chooses the shell, who are ...

Quite gorgeous.

Seems safe.

I might just have to give one a try sometime.

Before long, you'll be increasing your numbers. [smilie=laugh.gif] As Tremors has said, pine is unsafe for hermit crabs. There are tons of other things you can add to your crabitat for them to crawl on and hide in. Personally, I like to handle my crabs. It's best to leave them alone for a couple of ...

If my tank gets lower than 80 and higher than 85 (give or take a few, of course) they tend to hide and not come out as much - so thats generally where I keep my temperature.

If you can, you need to experiment with different temperatures and figure out what your crabs enjoy best.

June 15

This thread has definitely got me thinking. I'm moving into a dorm next semester (my family will look after them for me), they won't let me take my crabs ( [smilie=soapbox.gif] I state my argument regularly), but the end of next summer I'll be moving into an appartment close to the college simply be...