HCA: Hermit Crab Association

********************************************************************************************************* I swear I think I spotted a few of my little guys! One looked to be my "trouble maker" in his natural Mexican shell. He really wasn't that tough, just a bit of an instigator that liked to stir t...

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AWESOME!

Glad that my guys have such a good home!

Keep the pictures coming.
I would love to see more once it's filled with with happy crabs!

************************************************************************************************************** My local Pet Supplies Plus usually has them and I asked and found out that their orders come in on Wednesdays. Yours might get the shipments on a different day. Most pet stores don't even k...

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50 miles NW of Austin in the Texas Hill Country

***************************************************************************************************************** I know that most of you had ordered straws, blues, and indos. I'm not quite ready for really exotic crabs yet, I'm still fairly new and so far I haven't had any major problems. But, I wa...

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Thanks kuza

I haven't had any mite problems yet but, wanted info as I could run into them someday.............

Maybe I'll be semi-prepared.
Yeah, right.

do NOT let any mites into your main tank, trust me. :/ I have a question mainly aimed at kuza but, anyone can answer. :) Can Mites move from one tank to another? Example: If you have mites in your ISO and it's sitting right next to your main tank or even in the same room, can the mites migrate over...

****************************************************************************************** Since I didn't know what a carapace was, I googled it. The result was: In crustaceans, the carapace is a part of the exoskeleton that covers the cephalothorax. The carapace functions as a protective cover over...

Right now in the 26 gal I have about 6" to 7" depth of substrate. In the new 75 gal. (That I got today!) I will take your advice and go with even deeper substrate. Thank you for your input. Work and protein are not a problem. I can do that! I seem to have gotten all excited when upgrading from my 10...

I'm thinking about adopting a large crab. I already have 3 small to medium PP's. I'm switching them from the 26gal to a 75 gal very soon. Once they are settled in the 75 would it be OK to put a large PP in with them? (after he's been in an isolation tank for a few weeks) I'm not that experienced yet...

Thanks for all of the input. It makes me feel better. I guess maybe I've been taking it all out of perspective. The posts that I've seen are about something that crabs are doing is always exciting in one way or another. Either there are problems, something unusual, or they're just downright cute. No...

I'm gotta go check on my crabs!

OK, we're coming up on three months that I've had these guys. (3 small-small/medium PP's) And not once have I ever seen anyone dig! :? I read posts about how some of you have such enthusiastic diggers or they at least dig. Mine do none, nada! My guys haven't molted yet either. And ever since I got t...