HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Hmm, I see. Thanks. I'll need to check my nearest health food store.

Question. Is there a specific time of the day they go into this stupor. Or could it be whenever needed? Just curious.

Wodesorel, where can you find bee pollen. Besides flowers, I mean can you buy it...?

Haha, Yuka, I know what you mean. I've seen my small E drag a shell almost twice his size across the tank. He has freakishly strong claws.

To answer your food and drink question, if your crab is indeed molting: Hermit crabs, before molting (to prepare), they will store food and water in a black bubble-sac on the side of their abdomen.

Yeah, try putting something heavy up top the lid. You'd be surprised at what a crab can accomplish.

Haha. Yeah, the chirping gets more base as they get bigger.

The chirp of a hermit crab isn't neccesarily a bad thing. You might just have noisy crabs. They should be fine so long as there aren't any signs of aggression and their tank conditions are good.

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I'm sure explaining this one to non marine fish keepers or crabbers would be a hard one!



Haha, nice. And good luck. I seriously hope this goes well for you.

I'm confused. What is the point of this?

I regrew my limbs once....it's hard to do....

My small PP used to do the same thing as well. Ha, he would make a window and literally stare at me...

It was strange...

That's a messed up bunch, ha. A few molts should do the trick, possibly.

Is it possible for a hermit crab to be permanetely deformed?

Jeez that sucks. I hope she gets throught this. I'm sure she will with your care and all. Good luck.