HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Ahahah my boyfriend asked me what I do with them and he looked so confused when I was like, "I watch them."

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Mostly a lot of "ewwwww!!" And people questioning my pet choices. I have 2 cats and they're so much more high maintenance than my geckos and tarantulas and crabs and snake combined.

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The All Living Things conditioner is absolutely useless for crabbing. FMR's treat is okay but it's not a complete diet. Take a look at our caresheets if you haven't already. They explain much more than I could in one post.

Is this salt Instant Ocean or a similar brand? What is your dechlorinator? And what things are you feeding?

There may be room to move but there is no room to molt and that is what is vital for its health. The main things necessary for a hermit crab are high heat, high humidity, appropriate fresh and salt water, a healthy diet, and deep substrate made from play sand, ecoearth or both. Skimp on any of those...

Ah, then that's still too small. You're gonna want totes that are basically the same size as glass tanks. You can only get like 2 inches of substrate in a tote that small. Mine are over 100 quarts each and I'd still use them if I could find totes that were 4 feet long and clear.

The pink sand has got to go, sweetie. If you use that kind, you're looking at spending a few hundred dollars to fill a tote my size to the depth you need and even then, it's still unsafe. What size is the tote anyway?

Its pretty bright in there with my lamp pointing at it. I've used the totes for nearly a year and the only issues I've had with molting was a straw who came up with half a leg missing.

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Coconut crabs do taste horrific. That's why they douse then in hot sauce before eating.

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Yeah, the native people who consider them a delicacy lol

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As far as I know, considering theyre from tropical climates, i don't think it'd drop that low

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When I moved, I dug those who were down (though none were mid molt, thank God) and put everyone in a KK. :p Though moving totes are so much easier, you can drop 'em and they won't shatter into a million pieces.

On that one in particular, 60g UTH covered with foam house insulation.

I have one on a dresser and another on the floor. When I just had one, I kept it on the same table as their old 30g. I can't see them as clearly as I can a glass tank, especially since I have condensation galore with these things but I can see 'em well enough. :p It's impossible to stack them on top...