HCA: Hermit Crab Association

So Ranger is still doing good. He has most all of his exo ate and has hardened up. I'm thinking it's time to take him out of ISO in the next day or so and so my question is should I give him a dip in FW to wash off the molt smell or should the molt smell be gone?

Well Ranger is doing good so far. He has been eating on his exo a little bit at a time. I got to looking at his shell and noticed that my other crab had taken the one Ranger was originally in. Scuttle had a shell that looked like Rangers and so I put a dot on the shell and noticed Ranger had the dot...

I started thinking he was attacked too after thinking about his limbs missing, that or got really stressed trying to dig out. But my other crab has been digging a lot so being attacked seems more likely. Since posting, I did rinse his shell off with FW. I didn't wash the crab off because I wasn't su...

1. What kind of substrate is used in your tank and how deep is it? Coco fiber play sand mix 5 inches at its lowest point, 6 at its highest 2. Do you have gauges in the tank to measure temperature and humidity? If so, where are they located and what temperature and humidity do they usually read? Humi...

Will do on not letting light in and keeping it nice and dark. I definitely need to look into bubblers because I do eventually want to get them deeper pools.Thank you all again for the helpful information.

Update* I moved the magazine back this morning to see if there was any signs of movement and I can't see his BP, so he must have moved some during the night and I think having the darkness helped . Should I use the bottle technique to isolate him from the possibility of being eaten by the other crab...

Thank you all for answering my questions. YYWW I'll definitely have to try the freezer method on their food and start changing their water more often. I don't think I saw an exo-skeleton but there might be, I can mainly see his BP. I put a thick magazine under the tank too to help make it dark. He's...

The carrots I give them are organic. I've given them coconut, blueberries, walnuts and organic peanut butter before, but carrots have been a major part of their diet in the last few months. Their water is in round dishes. The fresh water is an inch deep, while their salt water dish is about an inch ...

I can't see through the crab, but I can see him. It does look like he has a cave and room to move around. 1. The substrate is a coconut fiber/play sand mix and the substrate is 5inches deep where the crab is located. At its highest is 6 inches. The other one has been digging up a storm and moving a ...

I have a crab that I would say is at least golf ball size and I believe he is trying to molt. However I am worried because I haven't seen him move in a few days (I can see through the glass on the underside) and there is no response of moving when i gently tap the glass either. I had a smaller crab ...