HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Ahhh see I guess I'm not as good with shells as I thought. How can you tell the difference?


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Do you ever have issues with your crabs hanging upside down on the lid? My Ava is there now and I don't see how she got up there or how she will get down. Is it safe for them to be upside down?


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I used a small plant stand, secured plastic vines around and then put the (I can't think of the name of the stuff but it's used for plants lol) and there ya go...a shell shop! Now let's see if they like it! Minus my silly cat of course https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180120/081d2735adc278acd06b69...

Hello, My crabs have a lot of extra shell. They always get dirty with sands inside. Should I clean the shell? is my crabs going to take a shell that is dirty with sand? I cant rinse the shell weekly, I could but I mean it’s a lot of work. ty thank you so much for this thread. I have had the same th...

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180120/b2bdaad05593535612622bad67db8e56.jpg I purchased this shell not realizing how big it actually was. My guestimations were way off. I have thought about donating it to a pet store but wanted to see if anyone here needed it. I know bigger shells start getting ...

Any updates on this crab?


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Thanks aussieJJDude and curlysister. Yeah, I'm thinking how can he NOT be dead! Two weeks with no movement is a really long time, and he looks so completely lifeless. :( I can't see or smell any sign of decay though, so I'm gonna keep the hope alive a while longer. My small crab went into a digging...

Kermie16 wrote:Nom nom nom!! Yep! Ours do - it's like a kind of thank you gift !

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Crabbing for 4 years-still obsessed! 5 total crustacean kids. Gave up trying to tell them apart but I love them all.

Lol that's funny.


Crabbing for 4 years-still obsessed! 5 total crustacean kids. Gave up trying to tell them apart but I love them all.

I let egg shells dry out on the counter for about a week and then crumble them into small bits with my fingers and store that in a small baggie. Sometimes I mix them with shrimp shells that I have also let dry and then crumbled up. my egg shells get stinky after a couple days yours don't? Crabbing ...

soilentgringa wrote:I use tupperware in my 55.

I do as well. I can't beeline how quickly they trash the pools though lol


Crabbing for 4 years-still obsessed! 5 total crustacean kids. Gave up trying to tell them apart but I love them all.

Boy, I wish my guys would get excited over "normal" crab treats like honey and peanut butter but nooooo...they're more into fruit -- just pop a blueberry in the tank and it's a free-for-all! yep you are not alone friend. I read where others live this treat or that but mine just snub everything I tr...

We are heading out to Disney this Saturday and will be gone for 2 weeks. My step son can only stop in a couple times so I'm worried about food and water. I'm grabbing some cuttlebone and freeze dried shrimp but does anyone have suggestions on what else can withstand the humidity and test of time? Cr...

I've read that there are certain "poo" that is safe for our crustacean kids to eat and recently mine went crazy for rabbit poo. Is this safe for them? My bunny eats very healthy food. Crabbing for 4 years-still obsessed! 5 total crustacean kids. Gave up trying to tell them apart but I love them all.

It was a plastic fish tank that for perfectly all the way across. I think it was a gallon but I didn't know it was leaking. I thought it was just evaporating quick and I kept filling it up. It took a bit for or to work its way all the way up to eventually air in the low lying areas of the substrate....