HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Handsome beast! I love his shell, too.

Cute. But it looks like it's a solid "NO" lol

This is beyond exciting. I feel like I could DIE of happiness right now reading through this. I'm so proud and just in awe and so happy! You are AMAZING and dedicated.

Really neat! Such a sweet froggy.

I used heat lamps, and ceramic heat emitters when I first started. I switched to ultratherm heaters a few years ago and have never looked back! On large tanks, you do have to sometimes use more than one, but it is low wattage, safer, and waaaaaaaay less maintenance than anything else.

Very nice! One big happy family. All running in random directions.

Awwwwww I used a Canon 7D (the old version) and canon lenses. I'll get them again eventually!

Very nice!! Congrats

(Helps that you're great at picking out sweet illustrative angles... was thinking that just today when looking at your breeding photos - weird question, but have you ever done photography for natural history guides or the like? I think you'd be great at at.) Thanks! I actually got a job offer a few...

To me looks like a Cymatium/Linatella sp.

Looking around, found these for sale!! https://www.ebay.com/itm/Linatella-caud ... SwjL5ZJY~K Pretty good deal for that many specimen shells!

I would like very much to see your dermestids, plez! :love:: OK!! :D First photo is them on the nasal turbinates of a moose. Other two they are working on 13-lined ground squirrels after I skinned them for taxidermy. https://image.ibb.co/fVhehm/026_1280x853.jpg https://image.ibb.co/dQOKhm/029_1280x...

Mine haven't picked at it, no. But in the past, they picked at the magnaturals I got them which were foam. Probably just a matter of time.

sort of unrelated to the current convo, but it is relevant to my upcoming project. What is your background made out of in your 120g? It looked like rock but I couldn't tell. It's a foam rock wall made for a 40 gallon. :D Bought on Amazon. Too expensive though I just figured out your Youtube channel...

My violas don't like to change shells, but one finally did today! She's been wearing this shell for about 3 years, and now it's pretty heavily modified on the inside. :o https://image.ibb.co/djVndR/viol_shell_mod_3_960x1280.jpg https://image.ibb.co/hw2NCm/viol_shell_mod_2_960x1280.jpg https://image....

What a beauty!!! Great rescue, sad to say I know nothing about turtles though. Good luck! Glad he's in good hands now.