HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Day 47 These 2 images show the size difference between them and this little one isn't even the smallest. The bigger one is in a 3rd shell choice (I think) or if not it went straight from a small shell to this monster one. That's a bit of tea tree bark on top of the stick. I put some Australian nati...

Day 47 and the crabs are doing so well. It is interesting to watch their antics and their growth. It seems to be those in smaller 1st shells who are choosing larger 2nd shells first. 6 have now gone to 2nd shells BUT I do have at least one who is in a 3rd shell. This is one of the smaller ones stil...

Monday 9th January DAY 36 Sorry for not so many updates but nothing much changes from day to day now. However, last night I did have 2 change into bigger shells. I have put some even bigger shells in and they look huge but Natalie assures me that they will be fine. We will see. It was funny watchin...

PinchersAndShells wrote:May I ask what you are feeding them? I plan on attempting breeding when I'm an adult, so I've been recording what people are feeding, what kinds of tank they make, water conditions, etc.

Sorry looks like I missed this. I am feeding them fine grain beta food.

Tuesday 3rd January 2017 Day 30 Today has been fairly active in the trans tank. Lots of babies out and about. The egg is still popular but it is starting to stink so I will take it out later tonight. Tonight I changed all the food dishes. One has only got crushed cuttlebone, another has shrimp and ...

:love:: Man, pics of these guys get me every time . So many feels. How long til you can expect to see a difference in claw size? There is a difference already but because they are so tiny it probably doesn't show up clearly enough in the photos. But let me say this they use both equally as adeptly ...

Food party tonight over on the egg.


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Sunday 1st January 2017 Day 28 Have started the babies on solids, .... well on real food. They got a tiny grape split open, some over ripe banana and the tiny tiny scrapings of scrambled egg off the fork. They have been up and tried them all. Still have about 13 running around. Yesterday and today ...

I would not use any scents in there. Glass is porous. Even though it looks solid it is not. Just my recommendation ;) Glass is not porous. If it was your drinks would leak out of the glasses and fish tanks wouldn't hold water. However, I do agree that sprays etc shouldn't be used around crabs. No t...

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There are some awesome photos of the massive megalopa clouds and baby crabs at this site. Very interesting and well worth checking out.

Id assume once they are teeny size they would be safe for gen pop but really good question. I wonder if they need easier to eat food as well? Sent from my SM-G900P using Tapatalk At the moment they are getting ground up fine beta grains (they got them whole in the jars) powdered cuttlebone, powdere...

After their first molts, when can you put them in the tanks with the bigger hermies? What criteria do they need to meet before then? Do they have to be of a certain size? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Natalie's are 4 years old and still not in the big tank. I will keep the in their own tank as...

So thats what, about 14 right now? Amazing that you got so many this time round! I know it's not over yet & you're bound to have some fatalities, but it really seems that you're rocking this breeding atempt. You are a crab breeding rockstar. Seriously surprised myself. I'm thinking about 13 but who...

Oh my goodness! That is great! Wish that you could do this full time!! ;) I love these posts! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Basically I am doing it full time. :D Mainly because I am not getting anything else done around the house. I could sit and watch the tank for hours (OK I'll be honest her...

Thursday 29th December 2016 Day 26 Happy to report that my tank is crawling... Heaps of babies out and about. Ive given them names but that won't last as soon as they change shells. Snowflake, Salmon, Cornetto, Stripe, Little Stripe, Sandy, Big Sandy 2, Tiny Sandy, Zebra, Piggy, Red and probably an...