HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Yeah.. I'll just have to accept that not everything will be perfect :hlol: I can't recall how it ran in my house.. but the meters are reading around the upper 50's, so I figure I'll be okay.. unsure about his house, as he has never had any sort of gauge set up. Thanks for the warning! :shock: We'll ...

I do have a question regarding thermometers/hygrometers. I got 2 acurite meters: http://www.walmart.com/ip/AcuRite-Digital-Humidity-and-Temperature-Monitor/16888914 one is for me, the other is for my cousin. I put both of them in a closed container with damp salt, one read 75%, the other read 70%. I...

Welp... my first problem, I lost out on the 75g offer :( I came back looking for the CL listing and it was gone. Back to the other listings, I guess! ... Nevermind all those edits! I am still looking around.. I almost got an 85 gallon flatback hex, but after giving it some thought, I felt like I wou...

Thanks! We went out expecting to get all of the sand we needed, but every bag except for two of them had gross water in them, and all were really torn up (I mean, like some of the bags had 4+ holes in them!) :c We're just going to pick up the rest of his sand when I get mine. I was able to move the ...

!!! They are so adorable! I don't think I have ever seen any crabs that tiny before either!

AHHH I may have ordered shells too big! He is currently in a 1-1/4" shell, my orders are 2-1/2" - 3"! Here is the picture:

Will he fit?

It's me.... again.... with tank builds! I know I had a thread laying around somewhere for a 55 Gallon, but my plans since then have changed. I am currently working on an offer I saw online for a 75 Gallon Tank + Stand for 35 dollars, so of course I'm jumping right on that. It's not final, and I may ...

My cousin, after losing one crab while on vacation, bought two more, a small, and probably what I'd consider an extra-large, if not a small jumbo. Problem is, he came in a painted shell, and immediately switched out into a turbo (yaay!) but he does not fit. Like, at all. He is a big guy, and his BP ...

I have another question... we have been checking for the 'death smell' but I'm unsure... they say he smells fishy, and I'm beginning to think he is gone :( Due to some anxieties I have, I just really can't bring myself to smell him... But if I keep getting answers like I am, I may have to make mysel...

I'm honestly not sure if he's alive (it doesn't look very good), I'm just maintaining conditions incase he is... :( Unfortunately, I do think it was a shell fight, given that the crabs are all close in size, and all but one turbo is taken, otherwise, it's painted shells. I'm just trying my best at t...

My aunt has been out of town, and I have been tasked with caring for my younger cousin's hermit crabs. I came over this evening to find a naked crab upside down under a piece of cuttlebone. I quickly setup a EE and sand mixture mixed with salt water in a tupperware, put fresh and salt water dishes c...

It's been about 2 years :shock: I'm not sure if I can just come back and post on this again. I never got any further with the tank build. I sadly had lost all of my crabs :( My care was not 100%, so I took a step back. After my cousin got hermit crabs, I helped him build a crabitat and realized that...

Sadly I haven't done anything with the tank, because I have nowhere to put it :shock: I didn't quite think that through when I got the tank :lol: The only thing long enough to put it on is my kitchen table, but I don't think my family would appreciate that. At the moment there is a 36x18x18 and a 55...

Okay I can start working on my tank now, I just got back from a band/choir trip to Disney World. And I have 60$ of leftover money from it to spend on the tank :) I am thinking about live plants.. but I kill just about everyone I touch.. I'll get something hardy then.. And yes, I'll be getting glass ...

Sorry about the cats... they wouldn't move so I just let them explore