HCA: Hermit Crab Association

THX all! :D Amazing pics! What amazes me is how red they are, its amazing! Yes, amazing and funny, because my PPs from 2015 had been much paler at this stage. And for all some new pictures form today (day 96). The first picture shows all three crabs in the terrarium. The numbers are the order of the...

Thank you all for reading or looking at my pictures. :) Here are some new: This was on November 2nd, the first piece of apple ever for this little crab: http://landeinsiedlerkrebse.info/nachzuchten/20181102_1.jpg Meanwhile on November 8th some megalopas are still looking for shells: http://landeinsi...

Gold luck! I'm sure you can make it!

I've had three take shells and go to land. Two met untimely deaths (lots of pitfalls when you're that tiny), but one seems to be doing pretty well. Took a video of my setup and the little new guy to give a shot of size-perspective. http://maryakers.com/day-44/ That looks great! Congratulations!!! :...

Today (day 78) I put one of the small ones into a terrarium (60 litre/16 gallons (US)). It's hard to find it again! ;) This picture shows the beach-side. The red marking is the crab: http://landeinsiedlerkrebse.info/nachzuchten/20181030_1.jpg And a close-up: http://landeinsiedlerkrebse.info/nachzuch...

The one in the long shell changed to another shell. Two of them are mostly over the water-level now, but I will wait a few days before I transfer them to a terrarium. Two others are little crabs, still in the water and another two are megalopa in shells. Still three megalopa without shells. Form the...

Thank you. :) As for the cleaning I made some pictures today: http://landeinsiedlerkrebse.info/nachzuchten/20181015_3.jpg http://landeinsiedlerkrebse.info/nachzuchten/20181015_4.jpg And now there are 3 little crabs. All close together while eating: http://landeinsiedlerkrebse.info/nachzuchten/201810...

A bit late, but congratulations for megalopa-stage!

First my update, then all the questions. Day 62 for the older ones: Only 11 left. :( 5 are still without shell and megalopa. 4 are megalopa in shells. 2 are little crabs in shells, mostly under water, seldom for a few minutes on land. Two of the oldes died on land. :headshake: This is one of them. T...

Sad news.

But I guess, you will try again. Don't give up!

mlakers wrote:I'm riddled with doubts today, but such is the hermit crab roller coaster. Ha!

Absolutely normal, while breeding crabs.
No life, no nerves,... but if you are successful, it's worth it! Go on!!

Don't worry. Even with best condition and thousands of larvae only a few hundred will reach the stage of megalopa. And then they will eat each other, till there are some left.
So, you are very lucky, if you even have some at the end, in shells and then at land.

They’re soo cute! I want a baby hermit crab soo bad! Well, just give up your normal life between people, invest all your time in crabs... :wink: :wink: :wink: Since my pictures are better, than my English: This picture shows the transition-tank. Water-level is low, 5-8 centimetre. http://landeinsie...

Thanks! And I have some new pictures: First breeding from this year, day 50 (today). Only our animals in shells ans a lot searching and trying shells. None at land right now. They stay very long inside the water and don't behave link my PP's from 2015. Violas should faster develop, so please cross y...

Quick question, any reason why you seperated the males from the females? would they breed at such a young age? I'm not sure, when the start breeding. I would like to know that, so it's not the reason. I separate them just for counting and because I have some crabowners, which would take some of the...