HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Thanks guys!


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GotButterflies wrote:Well, regardless, it's very exciting! Hopefully you can get setup so the next time it happens you can rear them! Congrats on the breeding!

Thank you It was very exciting indeed! I don't know when it will happen again, but I'll make sure to be properly prepared by then

Beautiful crabs, and so big! Nova is really cool, those legs go on forever lol! A bit creepy though, he reminds me of a spider ( I have a bit of spider phobia )


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I have to check the gender of the two small ones, but my guess is that Splinter here is the one that had the eggs.. Look how small she is! https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170403/40b98c7b700ee3c6fb87921ef542874f.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170403/67f1f28f04e8a8e850c82ef3a6126036.jpg

In salt dish? Pretty good chance they're zoea. If your serious about breeding, check out curlz's blog... And if you pm me, I might have a viola paper about larval rearing, I dunno. If you want me to look, I can see what I got. Of course there's Renroc's fab thread too. :) Thanks! You'll get a pm, a...

Yes, they were in the salt dish. I discovered them too late, there wasn't any movement that I could see. Even if they'd been alive I wouldn't have been able to care for them right now, as I don't have the equipment and knowledge that would be needed... Anyways, I guess my setup is to their liking th...

daws409 wrote:Can't help. Just wanna say he's gorgeous!

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Awh thank you! He's my most colorful crab, such a beautiful purple

Let more of an expert on here about zoea say for sure. Mine have never had any, although I'm pretty sure one had eggs once. But they sure look like it. Makes sense since it left them in saltwater. From what I'v read its insanely hard to breed hermit crabs and keep the young alive. I thought they lo...

Hey guys! I have a mystery :shock: This morning when i went to freshen up my viola crabitat, I found (dead) zoea in the salt water. LOTS of zoea. The thing is, I have three violas in that crabitat, one is a medium male (from what I can see, I've checked him twice) and 2 are small (haven't checked if...

I love the way a coveted piece of food is snatched and taken away! To our crabs, there really is no difference in behavior living in a crabitat vs living in the wild -- if there is something desirable, they go all Mine! Mine! Mine! :lol: I both love It and hate it :D it's so cute, but I know that I...

marandashermies wrote:Awwww splinter is adorable! Beautiful coloring. [emoji7]

Thanks, he's really cute


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Caught Splinter stealing a cricket from the food bowl just now, so cute!




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Donatello, the middle ruggie, have changed into a lovely murex (?) shell :) http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/06/07/30afb33fc65aa64cfc6761319d80d6f4.jpg And little Ruby thinks he's the boss of the tank! Might change when he meets my medium crabs ;) http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/06/07/891b97b4723...

That is a beautiful shell, and crab

Congrats on the molts! That is quite a long time for a small molt, lucky you didn't go digging

I've had 1 small/medium down since february, but I doubt that she will surface again... :/