HCA: Hermit Crab Association

To be extremely honest, I upon dismantling my tank, I found a fake plant that had rust on it, I had that plant in there for well over two years, and no abnormal deaths occurred in my tank at all, rust is just naturally occurring

Please do not dig up buried crabs, this can be hard to restrain from but its for their own health and safety :) If you re arrange your tank a lot, I would try using a sand/ eco earth mix, in my experience, it is more breathable than straight sand, and due to using sand, gives a bit more sustenance a...

The closer the limb was lost to the actual molt, the less likely it will be to grow back, because usually a gel like limb forms beforehand, then a molt happens, then the limb is grown back

people have tried live plants in the past, but found that it was very messy, if you found a hermit safe plant and anchored it down good, I don;t see why you couldn't try

I'm in there for a bit

"For melon lovers looking for something a little different, a canary melon may be just the thing. Here are some things you should know about the canary melon, including a couple of tips on how to pick one that is ripe and ready for consumption. Canary melons are a large and brightly colored melon th...

no problem, any other questions are, of course, always welcome.

you can mix it or do whatever you want, serve it as is at room temp is fine as well, alot of people "spike" it with cuttle bone or something that mixes in for some hidden nutrients in a delicious crab treat. I would advise against alot of honey at once because it is sticky. maybe half a teaspoon or ...

I believe there was another post about this exact stuff and it is safe. Tammy from the crabbage patch even sells it. I believe yucca is okay because someone on here had a branch of it in their crabitat, Josh Nerf if I remember correctly.

last night I placed my order for TCP cave oyster shell 1 lb surf and turf protein mix THHC green turbos clover honey extra virgin red palm oil elderberry summer time flatbread peanut butter and molasses flatbread chicken turkey bladderwack I told my mom about ordering and I was excited she said its ...

maybe some freeze dried shrimp or krill for protein

mine do 1 of three things

drink with there claw
swiping motion with there mouth parts
or dive into the deeper end of the pool

maybe , instead of saying this is the only thing they rub, maybe depending on what is available/or there mood (happy,annoyed,bullied,freshly molted or not) they can rub more than that part together, thus making different sounds. Because mine sometimes sound like chirping,sometimes rubble bands, and ...

im in, i might not respond for a bit as im doing other things, but ill peek back at the chat page once and awhile

hope your gentle giant is okay, heavens knows i need a good story about hermies, 2 of mine within 2 days, I think I have a molt disturber in my main tank