HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I know this might not help, but if you are ever in PA, I would be glad to take her. I know some people travel around a lot, so just thought I'd put that out there. [emoji846] Sent from my Moto G (5) Plus using Tapatalk You are so kind! I doubt I'll be up your way anytime soon, though. Although you ...

Well, it has been well past two years now. Billie Jean is rambling around alone; I guess I will need to get more proactive about rehoming her.

What a journey! Thanks for continuing to share this fascinating process; what you are learning and sharing is so important.

Thanks; keep up the good work!

It is a decorative table top fountain. It doesn't have any tag or brand name on the fountain itself. I also made a fountain once, it wasn't too difficult but the way I made it, it turned out to be harder to clean than I wanted to deal with, so I prefer the thrift store one. When the crabs were small...

Jlmills525 wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 01, 2022 7:54 am

neat! like taking her out to the restaurant!

Thank you DF! Happy New Year to you too! My crabby tank follows all the guidelines on here, so I'm not sure why my gal got sick. I rescued her, along with 3 others in Oct 2020 from someone who couldn't care for them anymore. Sent from my Moto G (5) Plus using Tapatalk Yes, that is another important...

Thank you very much for the nice words about my crabby. She also went shell-less first. I was able to re-shell her and return her to the main tank. However, she still passed a couple days later. I'm so sorry for your loss. But yes, it is a sad but important thing to be aware of that a crab without ...

Some replies interspersed in the following-- look for the ***************************'s :) Hi all, I have been reading on here and watching YouTube videos for a little over a month before I brought my new crabs home earlier this week. Over that time, I started setting up my 10gallon aquarium with Ec...

Could be getting ready to molt; are there signs of digging? Is your substrate at least two times (preferably three) deeper than the largest crab? And if you did not find this info elsewhere, yes, calci-sand is BAD. But you don't have to just use EcoEarth: regular playsand from the hardware store is ...

A shell-less crab is always an urgent matter. I suspect, from what you say, that he did die--I am very sorry. Two crabs in a 60 gallon tank with cocofiber substrate should not really require cleaning, per se; just removal of any obviously molding material now and then, and making sure there is no ex...

Bear in mind that these animals regularly spend days, weeks, months (eventually years) underground "doing nothing." They are also nocturnal, so it is possible that he is more active when you are not watching (to find out, smooth out the substrate before going to bed at night, then look for his track...

Renroc wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 16, 2021 9:37 pm

Day 10 and I have 1 mega. It is moving around and I have seen a gut tract so it is eating. Interested in shells but not chosen one yet. I've switched to Prime and am continuing with the attempt. Even just one more captive bred is a success.

Yes

Well this attempt has gone the same way as my previous one a few weeks ago. Almost total loss on day 3. The only difference between this time and previous successful attempts is that I am using Continuum Fraction as water treatment instead of Seachem PRIME. That was the main difference last time as...