HCA: Hermit Crab Association

hermieluv1 wrote:Nice! What kind of substrate is that?

One side has a light layer of ground coconut shells that I had leftover from my orchid phase. It holds moisture wonderfully. The rest is baked beach sand and EcoEarth, about a ratio of 3/2.

This past weekend I finally got the heating system and moved all of my active crabs in. My family and friends have generously collected palmetto bark for them to climb all over, it's a big hit! http://i1370.photobucket.com/albums/ag244/Jessica_Fritchey/20141023_192307_zpsfac5c389.jpg Two of the pal...

Spiders don't harm crabs? I removed like five webs over the past month! I can't imagine how they could. I did bump the web a few times with my elbow on accident, but she moved to a different corner now. It would be a problem if a male got in somehow and she laid eggs though, cause then I'd have upw...

So some time last week a brown widow took up residence in an upper corner of my crabitat. I'm quite excited both because I adore spiders, and she has caught several gnats! I had already been considering setting up a raised planter for a venus fly trap within my new tank that the frabbies couldn't g...

Looks like home! What did you use to attach the fibre mat and plants to the side? I'm thinking of doing something similar.