HCA: Hermit Crab Association

thank you. I may have to do that soon. I have been trying to keep that house warmer in general. Right now the tank is around 85 degrees which the E's love. They get so energetic when the temp is right. But when the out side temps go down I can barely keep this house warm enough for humans let alone ...

Well I have a few problems with the cleaning of the tank. For one I think they bury food a lot because the tank gets so stinky there is no way I can not NOT clean it! I admit I don't make the sand deep (just enough so my largest crab can bury himself) but only because the under tank heater is really...

thank you. I will be keeping a closer eye on them. I did find one crab munching on an exo recently so it may very well be that not sure. I also suspect suffication though. While they seem to have no problems digging most of the time I think they might not be able to while soft. I will try to add som...

1. What kind of substrate is used in your tank and how deep is it? I was using play sand from home depot mixed with some ecco earth. 2. Do you have gauges in the tank to measure temperature and humidity? If so, where are they located and what temperature and humidity do they usually read? Yes heat a...

hi I have this problem. I started out with 8 crabs and I'm down to 2 original crabs and two new crabs that I just got. The problem is that my crabs would bury them selves and then never come up. Finally I would have to clean the tank. I would find their exoskeleton but no crab any where. And two of ...