HCA: Hermit Crab Association

curious kitty!!! yayyyy I'm glad you're back!
Your tank looks absolutely gorgeous!!

you can find cholla wood at michaels for pretty cheap and it makes a great ladder. You can also knit a ladder out of hemp or jute, just make it long and skinny

Just to add: for the 2L pop bottle barrier make sure its super super clean and remember to remove the cap so that there is air flow to the sand!

guys curious kitty hasn't been on the forums in a very long time
hopefully we'll see it, but i doubt it

When you say put put some EE on top, do you mean you covered him? If so, I wouldn't do that. Crabs make tunnels that humans can't replicate, so covering him doesn't provide any benefit at all to him

After hearing that everyone had nescos, i had to check what mine was because I was so sad that i was not a part of the gang but guess what! Mine is nesco too! its the American Harvest one

aquav wrote:Have you noticed them trying to eat the foam the ledges are made of?

mine do
a few of my crabs love to sit up there and pick off the foam
i dont think its that bad for them though because i dont think they would continuously do it if it was but who knows

wow this is a great idea! i ALWAYS have problems with the poops pushing substrate into the water dishes
did you use aquarium sealant to secure it or did you just stick it in?
i may just steal this idea!

aw so cute i always love to look at your pictures sugar

i love the picture with darwin eating the corn. theres just so much!

what kind of heating pad was it? ultratherms, as i have read, are a big step above normal heating pads
it could have also been defective, like getting too hot or something.. i will change my words to very rarely!

UTH's were made to go on glass so no they wont break the glass. as well they dont dry out the sand any more than a heat lamp would

dont cover them up! they make their own special tunnels that lets them keep an air pocket with them so they can breath. we cant mimic what they do. if you want to give him a head start though, you can dig a shallow hole and stick him in. that way he can choose to continue it or he can get out with a...

nope!
i soaked it in salt water and nuked it just a little bit.. maybe about 15 seconds
then i just put it in
i spray it with fresh water every other day to re moisten it

its on the side, not under

i have a moss pit in a corner caddy that keeps the humidity up as well as misting every few days

i have a 29 gallon tank and i use one large UTH (which hardly works) and a 75W night glow bulb
my tank is always between 75-82 depending on whether its warm in the house or whether its night or day