HCA: Hermit Crab Association

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Polling your best experiences, how much water do you add to the 5:1 play sand/EE mix? I heard over-saturation can have negative side effects. Thanks!

Right now we are using bottles of saltwater from Petco. We also had bottles of dechlorinated water but bought the ZooMed conditioner today... I’ve heard mixed reviews about all things ZooMed so I’m slightly concerned about that as well. Somehow my 7 year old has sent me down a black hole of hermit ...

Is there a better substrate, such as all eco earth vs. mix of eco earth and play sand mix? I mistakenly made my first tat with calci sand and will be redoing it in the next month or so. Using a mix of ee and playsand helps maintain the correct consistency. You'll want to remove the calcium sand asa...

Is there a better substrate, such as all eco earth vs. mix of eco earth and play sand mix? I mistakenly made my first tat with calci sand and will be redoing it in the next month or so.

Newb here. What is the connection between hermies and isopods? Thanks! https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ehermitcrabassociation%2Ecom%2FphpBB%2Fviewtopic%2Ephp%3Ft%3D108852&share_tid=108852&share_fid=28566&share_type=t Crabitat: Isopod Care, Breeding, Application, and I.D. Sent...

Newb here. What is the connection between hermies and isopods? Thanks!

Noice! What a story! Glad he is okay!

These are insane... in a good way.

These were my pools when they were first made. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180821/579de38faee7b5050f0e4a1d3818e93f.jpg Here they are now. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180821/a89493737bd2c58f8cd8e0edfed4dd12.jpg Sent from my IPA1489 using Tapatalk Very nice! Are the gem stones mainly fo...

I am trying out the lunch meat container idea. I also picked up some mesh fabric from Walmart today. When the woman asked what I was buying the fabric for we engaged in a conversation about hermit crabs because her grandson has one and I think I enlightened her about what the crab shops never tell y...

These are our newer guys coming out of the pools. The FW is the bigger pool on the left and the MSW is the smaller one on the right. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180819/24160b10312cda46cbceaa57b8d165a2.jpg Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I was thinking of using rocks in mine as well. Did y...

These come from Wal-Mart in the cold food section. We buy a lot of lunch meat for sandwiches and this is what they come in. So i tossed the lids, added mesh, and doubled them up! [emoji16] https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180819/204df11e4f8174ceb8b5cd88322eec16.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.co...

I have two shallow dishes for the salt & freshwater, but have read that deeper dishes are preferred. I would love to see pics of your water dishes/pools for some ideas for mine. Thanks!

First off, welcome! I agree that your humidity is too low, it needs to be at or above 80 percent. Where has it ever been at least 80%? [emoji848] We've always recommended the min to be around 70%, and ideally should be somewhere in the region of high 70's to low 80's. As long as its above 70, the O...