HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I have an 11x35" Ultratherm heat pad that has been in use for about 1.5 years that I no longer need. I would be willing to sell it for $35 including shipping. Email me at brandy.lynn.haddock at gmail dot com if interested!

lookin good! how many and what kind of crabs do you have?

what horrible conditions, what a little trooper he is to have survived so long! so glad he's got a great life ahead of him now! <3

What kind of moss is that?

several trial an errors with amazon later and I finally have the right brand of glass lids that fit my 55g. thanks for the post, hopefully it will save others from the frustration!

my small pp, calypso, loves to hitch a ride on my med/large viola, zoidberg. i could watch them all night!

they are sooo cute! I got 3 straws a couple months ago and they all went down for a molt, and the littlest one I named Sandy Claws just came up! what kind of shell is the crab wearing in the first pic?

Midnight wrote:Double check the violas , we ordered some via same whole sale got 4 violas 2 indos.

Yep, turns out I got 3 violas, not blueberries. I also got 2 straws. Everyone seems to be in good health.

Hermit-Yote wrote:Moving a tank that heavy is going to be a risk, I think, regardless. I do agree the wood board method might work, but I'd see if anyone else has some suggestions too!

Thanks for the reply Yote! I hope others chime in with advice as well.

CrabbySquirrel wrote:Ok, last question (I think, LOL)---did you use just regular GreatStuff, or the special one made for Ponds? I've seen that one mentioned somewhere on here before....

sorry for the delay! I used regular GreatStuff. I didn't know there was one made for ponds.

kitkathermiesworld wrote:Nice cave!
I want one lol.... I loveee your new hermies especially the second one..

thanks kitkat! 2 of the violas have gone down to de-stress/molt. i miss them already.

CrabbySquirrel wrote:What did you use to carve it? And was the EE dry or damp? thanks! It came out SUPER nice, I want to do this!

Hi Squirrel, I used an X-Acto knife as well as a serrated knife, and my bare hands to pick out little rocky divots.

great stuff huh? Hmmm I really need to try working with this stuff. That cave turned out awesome. the stuff is pretty great! i under estimated how much it would expand. apparently there are two types of great stuff, one for filling big gaps and one for small gaps. I used the big gap stuff and I had...

save a horse, ride a hermit crab!

Can someone kindly describe a "cavipes"? I'm fairly new to crabbing and have zero experience with exotics. I didn't even know the species (?) existed until I read this thread. Google came up with nothing when I tried that. Hi moonbeam, I have found this site to be very helpful with species identifi...