HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Just peeked at him again, and his eye stalks are sticking straight out (they were drooping before), and shine in the light. Do they go into a kind of rigor or something? I'm waiting for Dad to come home for the sniff test... moral support. The sand is playsand, out of a sealed bag, and we baked it j...

Trying to determine if Hermie is dead or not. We are new to hermit crabs and he has only been home for one week, so answers below reflect a new 5.5 gallon tank set up. 1. What kind of substrate is used in your tank and how deep is it? Playsand + cypress (the cypress came in a hermit crab starter kit...