HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I have three PP's in total that I adopted a little over a month ago. They've all been doing quite a bit of digging, and for a while all three were underground. A few days ago one of them (Ted) came up after being underground for at least three weeks, and has been drinking a lot of water, eating a de...

Ooh good idea, I'll look into that for the future, thanks!

Yeah I'll be sure to get enough circular opening shells for my PPs! And even though they might not need as much salt water, I've still read that they need access to some.

Thanks! Hopefully I'll be all set and everything goes well

Response to your last post:Yes, I have 10 Small Shells that I bought online that should arrive tomorrow. There should be an assortment of both turbos and D shells in there, so hopefully my crabs are happy with them.And I have a 20g UTH that covers up practically the whole side of the tank, but it's ...

Yeah, I'm thinking I can keep my 10g for the year I have left of school, and then once I hopefully get a job as well as my own place I'll be able to get a larger tank. My family has a large tank (probably like 55g) in the basement, so maybe once I have my own place I'll be able to use that.I read ab...

-I'm using play sand that is very good at holding moisture so I think I'm good there! I'm planning on putting cuttlebone into their diet, so hopefully calcium won't be a problem.-I'm planning on feeding them fresh fruits/veggies, etc. that my family has lying around. I checked out the " Safe Food Li...

Hello! I have done a lot of research and set up my tank, and will soon purchase three hermit crabs, but before I do I wanted to make sure a few questions of mine are cleared up.First, I wanted to make sure that my tank is adequate. It's a 10g with a fake plant to hide around, driftwood to climb on, ...