HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Cool! if you do it let me know how it goes. I'm getting a new tank so I wont be able to try for awhile.

I did learn about magnaturals after posting my question. They seem well protected in hard plastic so no worries with crabs or rust for that matter. They aren't very strong however, holding up foam based products and aren't cheap. I guess my question was more about regular plastic coated magnets whic...

Just out of curiosity does anyone know if using strong magnets to hold objects up in a tank is risky to the glass? I'm afraid the magnet pressure would crack or shatter the glass but I don't know anything about it and can't find an answer on the internet.

I found a spare tank with a light so im going to use this. it doesnt have a glass top though, would parchment paper work as a good top sealer? it goes in over at 475 degrees no issues

Hi I got a new crab about 6 months ago, as soon as I got it it went for a molt for several months and its pretty big. its now causing trouble to another sizable hermit crab in the tank by latching on to it, they're both chirping loudly. All my hermit crabs are purple pinchers. should I separate the ...

Yeah they were some of the best prices ive seen so I jumped on it. they did say they would refund the items and the return shipping, but my shipping cost from them was 14 bucks (lowest option) and I;m not sure if they're going to refund that. its not my fault they purposely sent me the wrong sizes. ...

I paid 11 for each jade turbo, and 5.50 for each cammo

the shells are turbos, 2 jade banded turbos and 2 cammo shells. the cammos (measuring with a ruler) are about 1 and 3/4 opening size and the jades are 2 and 1/4 roughly

Maybe this isn't the right place to be asking about this, but I ordered off of "Shells of Aquarius" and got these 4 shells that are supposed to have been 1 and 1/4 to 1/12 inch openings and now they're all basically close to or over 2 inch openings. I know for a fact that I read it right, but when I...

Just want to know how often I need to clean the water and stuff inside. I just have gravel and I'm using an air stone setup as well so how often should everything be cleaned? if its every few days to a week, is there anything I can add to not have to clean it so often?

Iv'e never calibrated it no, not sure how to do that. I do spray the walls at least twice a day, and if you can imagine a glass top with just a pencil stuck in it to keep the lip open for air thats all thats not sealed.

humidity 80, heat temp 80, its an aquarium tank with a glass lid. 60 watt heat bulb is used. Not a clue why it drys out so fast.

I have a tank filled with 6 inches of a sand and cocoa fiber mix that drys out every couple of weeks or less. I try to mix in enough water to keep it at sand castle consistency but It never lasts long. Im afraid to keep mixing up the sand because sooner or later a hermit crab will be molting and I d...

how long have you had your crab for? perhaps your new like me because you don't have many posts yet, but if you haven't had the crab for to long you may not know they have a tenancy to be more shy at times than others. but its always best to find out if there is a reason behind the behavior.

I agree with Whatthemath about E's, and PP's are a bit less shy than E's and come out more often in your hand, also, other species that i don't own but have read about are Ruggies and blueberries. Ruggies I believe are hardy and quite alike in comparison to PP's, and Blueberries all i know is appare...