HCA: Hermit Crab Association

DesignzByMeg on Etsy has free shipping on her store. A specific quantity is not needed. My hermit crabs love climbing on them! Just thought I would spread the word.

I thought I would let everyone know that my favorite shop on Etsy (DesignzByMeg) has free shipping when you buy 2 or more climbing nets!!!! I just ordered 2! Her customer service is superb!

Your welcome!

I would buy the Marineland glass canopy, only because the measurements for the 36" x 18" say 40 breeder and the Aqueon glass canopy doesn't. Just to be on the safe side.

I just looked at Doctors Foster and Smith's website and they have a Marineland glass canopy and they have one for a 40 breeder.

I bought my aqueon versa top glass canopy online at Doctors Fosters and Smith (DFS). Sand dollars are safe to put in the tank, they will even eat some of it too. It says on DFS website that 3 bricks of Eco Earth will fill up a 40 gal. tank, but I am not sure how many inches it would fill the tank. T...

My crabs like to climb the airline tubing, but they have never pinched a hole into it.

As far as a divider I don't use one as I have Eco Earth/sand mixed together....maybe a thin piece of plexiglass would work?

Tape the plastic rim to the back of the tank, and then use the velcro like straps on either side on the glass. For a hinged glass lid you'd need two pairs of straps - one pair for each section - unless you had a strip light weighing one section down. The crabs can get major leverage with only a few...

What I have in my tank are betta cups (the cups that bettas come in from the petshop, they are also deep enough for my crabs to fully submerge themselves in and they have a plastic plant to easily climb out of) one cup is in the substrate with a layer of glass pebbles, then I put a second cup on top...

I haven't done it yet, but after reading about it on dendroboard, I'm planning to use adhesive magnetic strips to secure the lid on the mourning gecko tank I'm setting up. That might work? What a good idea! But I was wondering, since I have bubbling pools in my tank the water sprays onto the lid wo...

wodesorel wrote:Velcro straps work, too.

I thought about using that, but wasn't sure if it would be strong enough. Did you go all the way around the rim of the tank with the velcro or only where needed?

I couldn't open the link either but we may have the same item. The glass lid I bought from Drs Foster & Smith has a horizontal hinge at mid-point and the plastic strip at the back mentioned by @purpleperson. After the lid was snugly seated on the inner tank lip, I placed an aquarium strip light on ...

Hey everyone! I just bought a glass canopy for my tank but I want a better way of securing the glass lid to the tank. I was wondering how you guys have your glass lids secured to the tank so the crabs can't lift the lid off? Thanks for your help! Here is the the lid I bought: http://www.drsfostersmi...

Ok. Thanks so much!!

Since hermit crabs are sensitive to metal is it safe to boil shells in a metal pot? (Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question.) Thanks for your help!