HCA: Hermit Crab Association

What size tank do you have for your crabs? I was just wondering because even with only 2 crabs it would be best to have larger than a 10 gallon, or plan for getting something bigger since you have a large/jumbo. Also, when they do decide to molt they dig around a bit and having a little deeper subs...

Okay, since June is only 8 months; that's much less than a year, and if he is a jumbo, that's probably not too long. There is a hermit crab sizing chart you can print out (I think it is in the "References and Links"?). Just print it on a regular piece of printer paper, and then you can put Andy in ...

I'm concerned if you have had Andy for almost a year and he has not molted. How big is he? Andy is about 3 inches (horizantally) and 2.5 (vertically). However, i did this with a 12 inch. ruler, so i don't think it's exact. He is a jumbo, i think. He's about the size of my palm, maybe a little bigge...

Make sure your substrate is deep enough (at least twice as deep as your largest crab) and firm enough that he can make a good, solid burrow for himself (sand moistened to sand-castle consistency is ideal). I have two crabs as well; one went down to molt and I had no option for putting the other any...

Hi! I'm REALLY excited! The reason why is today i was looking at my hermie tank and i realized one (Jayy) was missing. I thought maybe he was just hiding so i didn't think anything of it. A little later, i heard shuffling in the sand and then i realized that Jayy had buried himself! I think he may ...

I've only seen my PPs do it a couple times, but I see my blues do it constantly! They have little arm things that they use to groom their gills and mouth, its really creepy looking. Im assuming they can clean their eyes with their mouth parts and then clean the mouth parts with the arm thing :P Wol...

Thank you all for the responses! It is very cute looking I'm glad that is isn't unusual or anything along those lines

Hello! My hermit crab has been "wiping his eyes" A LOT lately. Can hermies wipe their eyes? He is taking one eye, sometimes two, and wiping them off with those little mouth parts that they use to bring food into their mouths. This is probably a silly question, but i just want to know :P Also, if th...