HCA: Hermit Crab Association

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Hi all, I got 2 medium-small E's at Petco a couple weeks ago and they have been doing great. About two days ago, they BOTH buried down; I saw the little mountains of sand they trail behind so I'm pretty sure I know what spots. I thought it was weird that they would both go down together (also, possi...

What kind of smell? A musty smell? If so, I had a musty smell for a bit in my
tank and it was because of poor circulation; an easy fix.

I'm afraid that my biggest PP might have a bit more aggression than the other ones. He's done very well with my other PP's. What are signs that I should break up a fight? I know what a shell fight usually looks like, but when they start using their big pincher in any way should I worry? If there's a...

@HaydenHermie Yea then I'll plan on doing it tomorrow when I can check periodically, because my PP's usually come out at night. I already love my E's so I hope they get along. :) Does bathing them in salt water count to neutralize them? I have TONS of shells, so shell fights won't be a problem, hope...

Unfortunately, neither of my "blueberries" made it. I wasn't surprised, seeing their conditions beforehand, but I tried. :/ Today, I picked up two medium E's at Petco and they're ridiculously adorable and are active, trying on shells, and even tunneling in my 29G tank. I have two other crabs in my I...

UPDATE: I looked in the ISO tank today, and one of them is up, but still not so active. I haven't seen them out of their shell. Still hoping for the best. :(

I plan to keep them in ISO for a week, or, at least until they decide to come up.

@tinulienka They happened to be at a little stand in a mall in SoCal where I live. I'm there quite often so I know it's fairly new. They had PP's, Blueberries and Strawberries. They weren't great conditons; if i had a larger tank, which im hoping is soon, I'll probably "save" more. An update on my c...

I looked under the hut I put him under, and he was gone. So he must have dug under into the substrate. I hope this is a good sign! The other seems to be doing better.

Okay, so I had them ISO'd all night with bubblers to keep my humidity up, and a UTH, and one had switched shells last night (Into one of the babylonion shells that I was betting one of them would pick). He seems so tucked in the shell; I see both his big claw and a couple feet hanging out, he is ver...

Hi, I just got two blueberries because I couldn't resist them. Only one is being really active right now and I'll probably get pictures soon, once they're adjusted. I don't know a whole lot more after researching these guys, but they don't seem to need much more maintenance than my PP's. I got them ...

:D Hi all. I've had my crabs for about a week so far and I absolutely love them. All of my crabs are still afraid of me most of the time when I walk into my room (so, the tank isn't in a high-traffic area unfortunately). I know they need time to de-stress, but all of them have changed shells at leas...