HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Just a side note, this guy was a rescue from a souvenir shop so he was not in the best health to begin with. This could be another variable to help identify the problem.


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Hi guys, One of my larger PP's who is fairly new came up from a molt about a week and a half ago. I noticed that he had dropped his BP, but other than that he was extremely healthy and active. There were no other crabs up in the tank at that time, so I let him be but watched him closely. He is eatin...

Hi all, I am having a really hard time keeping the humidity up in my 40 gallon tank. I use a glass lid and an LED aquarium hood light to light the tank as well as 3 20 gal UTHs on the sides for heat. What is the most effective, cheapest automatic mister you guys have found? Because of school, I'm un...

Is lemon/lemon peel safe for crabs? It's not on either of the food lists. I've got lots of extra lemon bits because my dad made homemade limoncello. Thanks!


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Soilentringa- Thanks for the heads-up. I knew about the delays before, but never realized that people were actually not receiving their crabs. I experienced the delays myself, but luckily I emailed them and they got back to me pretty quickly, claiming my order had been lost. Once they got my email t...

Hey guys! So my E tank is doing very well but I've only got two really little guys in the 29 gallon at the moment. I've considered getting one or two more E's, but I saw today that LHC has aussies. I know that their care sheets say that they're pretty similar. Has anyone successfully kept them toget...

Will do. He picked a new shell, so I'm wondering if there was actually something wrong with the old one. And yes, I agree it could be PPS related.


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Thanks guys. And callalily- I did a water change today and made the water much shallower and added several more rocks to the bottom of the bowls. Originally, I had a reptile hammock hanging in the water for the crabs to use to climb out, but it had fallen down and my mother had not replaced it. Sent...

Callalily- I found the shell floating in the water near the crab.


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1. What kind of substrate is used in your tank and how deep is it? Playsand and EE mix, EE is made with de chlorinated fresh water. Only have about 5 in in the tank at the moment, but will be adding more in the next few days. 2. Do you have gauges in the tank to measure temperature and humidity? If ...

I woke up this morning to one of my tiny PPs naked in the fresh water dish, perched on a rock. He was totally alert, his little antennas waving when I opened the tank. I carefully tried to pick him up to rinse him off in a bath and get him into his shell when he started to climb up my arm! I picked ...

Hey guys, kind of a sad day for my crabbing yesterday. I got home from a five week exchange to Germany and left the crabs in the care of my mom because I live at home. I left a full set of instructions, as well as what to do in emergency, and how to log into this forum. Honestly, I wasn't worried be...

Hi everybody- I'm taking my yearly vacation in Gulf Shores, Alabama and since I had room in my new 40 gal I decided to rescue a few crabs from one of the many many souvenir stores. I ended up getting five crabs (much more than I originally planned on getting). Incredibly, all five crabs are mite-fre...

Hi all, A new grocery store opened up near my house this month called Fresh Thyme. I'm not sure how many of you are familiar with it but it's basically an all-natural, 'healthy' grocery store. I decided to stop in today and found all kinds of stuff for the crabbies. I didn't have much money with me ...

Ok, I will definitely try that! I actually have a protein mix coming from Hermit Crab Patch tomorrow! Hopefully that will help. Thanks for the advice!


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