HCA: Hermit Crab Association

tinulienka wrote: Cool, Belgium!

Thx

They are so amazing, and yes there eyes are bigger :p

I'm from Belgium

Omg so cute, happy one week birthday xxxxx

I got alots of crabs and the only one that I see are my straws, but I dont have E's you cant get them here

Pine needles are not safe for crabs? Hmm that could be the probleme why my crabs where going to died? So I post it some where here that I got a probleme that my crabs died, but i put moss in my tank, that moss came from a forrest, and in that moss where alle pine needles, no crabs are died no, becau...

Omg they are amazing, I never see this before, keep posting

Wow thats so amazing, I dint know that they bred in captivity ?

But how can you actually see that they going to molt?
I only know its because they go under the ground.

Is realy not good with the indo :( I put him in a iso box. Today I had clean all the tank, first I dint wonna do that beqause I had molters under the ground, but i was thinking that er was no other way, so I had to dig them up, out one of them the molt was stil hanging out :( I hope he is going to b...

Ok thx than I only gonna use osmose water. I do have onohter question, one of my indo's is hanging al the time in the salt water, I dont think he have a molt had. I think he is drinking are something, but everytime when I look in the tank he is hanging are drinking in the salt water,he does that all...

The salt that I used, i used it for a long time so I dont think it is the salt, maybe the food, Before the dried food I always used fresh food.
Ok I gonna use back fresh food.
The water I gonna use Is the osmose but in osmose is nothing in of calcium is that not bad?, I gonno refresh everything.

Where is the 7 inches of substrate? I would suggest distilled water and throw out all food amd salt and try a new one for all. (but would be a guess). Are you positive they are not alive. The 7 inch is on the ventilation strook, it dificult to see maybe its 6 inch its about 15 cm. Way throw out the...

If the sprinkler water is coming from the tap, that might explain the problem. If chlorinated water or hard water is moistening the substrate, that might affect a crab when it's most vulnerable-at molting. Another thought is that the substrate might be too moist from regular sprinkling. I think tha...

kuza wrote:What kind of bottled water is it? Have you de chlorinated it? Only distilled water is ok to use right from the bottle, I believe.

Its natural spring water meant for human consumption, is it better to use reverse osmose water?