HCA: Hermit Crab Association

GB, How did you make out? No power here and this is the first I've been able to access internet on my phone. I've been a wreck not bring able to get outside news! Hermits are fine, two in evidence, 90% humidity! But the tank temp dropped 2 degrees! Should go up tomorrow since we're expecting 90 and ...

Very cool! Last night a lot of my hermits were out and up, but none are out right now. We boarded up that room. The crabs are "safe". We didn't evacuate, we are staying. We boarded up a couple of rooms. I'm not actually on the coast :) Ironically enough, I have felt a peace about this storm - no wo...

Took a little video of the tank this morning: https://youtu.be/7t8X1cG6uiQ Everyone is up and alert except one. Junior, who has been going back and forth between his old murex and a bigger one for weeks, has squeezed his butt back into the security of his old shell, LOL. My "24/7" tank light is crea...

That's what I was wondering, if they'd sense the tidal pull or something like that!


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When the last hurricane threatened, all my above ground crabs congregated at the top of the cork tree (highest point in the tank). I read here that they go high when a storm is coming so that was neat to see in person! All seven of mine are up now and I wonder if they'll have a behavioral response t...

Wow, a few days! So it's okay to go on changing food and water around them? I hate to disturb them, since banded turbo scares easily (is it time to start referring to banded turbo as "she"?). I'll go search for a thread that explains mating behavior, but if you have a moment to point me in the right...

Stuck my hand in to take a pic and they were looking pretty chill: https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170719/867dd377197a56680b9d3c5510a8c8ff.jpg So I quickly placed the new shells, but the noise scared the crab on the bottom and it tried to scramble away. Junior's a cool customer and usually doesn'...

Thanks, @wode. It's been nearly 7 hours now! A couple of times I thought Junior was rocking the other shell, but they could also just have been shifting. If they're still like this when I go to bed is it okay to leave them? I've been checking in every hour or so but wonder about leaving them overnig...

Going on 3.5 hours now. Should I move my topic to the health and breeding section?!


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My son noticed one of our big guys, Junior, actively grappling with another crab this morning, grabbing the shell from behind. A minute later they both fell backwards into a rock dish. They haven't moved in over half an hour. I'm concerned because Junior has outgrown the apple murex he has been wear...

Okay, good info. We don't spray, but I didn't think about bacteria or viruses. Would the same go for locally caught isopods? My son stumbled on a spot teeming with isopods and now we have a few in a separate 5 gallon habitat. Although I don't think they're gonna make it; we've only got 8 or 10 live ...

No, I'm not butchering lizards for food!! :lol: We catch little lizards, the kind common in Central Florida, in the house all the time and throw them back outside. Sometimes they lose their tails in the process. Can I feed the tail to the hermit crabs? Weird question, but hey, the tail isn't doing t...

(it was lizards in the compressor) Why does this sound like it should be something out of Jurassic Park? :hlol: I hope they were okay. I have a soft spot for little lizards. HA ha ha! We have a screen over the top, so I'm not sure how they got in. The repair guy said he took a picture but I haven't...

It's so good to see you on again! :) Aw, thanks! So yesterday I got home from work to discover the a/c was broken. The house temp was just over 80 degrees and the tank had jumped from 81 to 86F. Six out of seven crabs were shell-to-shell in the moss pit, the most I've seen in one spot at the same t...

As far as your substrate loosing nutrients...your aren't growing plants...[emoji6] Just teasing you!! Lol you don't need to worry about that. [emoji4] HA HA HA! @Kermie16, yes, I remember we set up tanks around the same time! I'm good at taking photos but bad at remembering to post them. But I will...