HCA: Hermit Crab Association

It's been a couple weeks since I switched from frozen krill to freeze dried. It is definitely easier to store. The only difference is the crabs are not burying the freeze dried like they did the frozen, and the tank is less stinky now. Maybe they didn't like the smell either and kept trying to dispo...

Sometimes I a little hungry reading the food/water posts. Honestly the crabs eat a little better than I do.

Today they got carrot, melon, coconut. walnuts and shrimp.

You're probably right about the additives. Will dedicate the current frozen krill for the reef tanks and will try the freeze dried.

That's the stuff... I keep the 4oz flat packs in the freezer. I thaw approx 1 oz in the fridge once a week, the next day the krill are added to the crabitat to the 2nd level feeding dish while the liquids and small particles are added to one of my nano-reefs for the inverts living there.

Since protein is a primary ingredient in foods vital to crab health, I am wondering what everyone uses as their primary protein source? I use frozen krill, unpeeled with heads/tails attached. I put 4-5 krill in the food dish every night and each morning all of the krill is gone. However, someone kee...