HCA: Hermit Crab Association

That is awesome! I’d love to do it someday. We moved into our house about 6 months ago and we’ve been talking about setting up a salt water tank, where to put one. I have a 30 gallon with a stand that I’d like to use for salt. Would that be big enough for marine hermits? I don’t know anything about...

angelbear wrote:Wow so cool.

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Oh wow, these are very cool! Am I correct that these are 'marine' hermit crabs, where the PP's (etc) that most of us have are 'land' hermit crabs? Yeah, these are all aquatic saltwater hermit crabs. I think it's simpler and easier to setup and care for than land hermits. My tanks are pretty much ha...

They’re so cool! I’m becoming so interested in the aquatic hermit crabs, I’ve never had a salt water tank before. I think most of them are salt water? I couldn’t even keep a small tank of guppies! Also why I hesitated so long to do the bioactive pools in my 120, just scared of not having proper wat...

How are they doing being housed together? I know there are usually warnings about housing certain species communally because they are so quick to get territorial and cannibalistic. Do you have fish and other living corals with them? Have they been destructive? I've not had one issue with the hermit...

I'm pretty hands off and mostly observe them. I handle them briefly in the acclimation phase to their new enclosure... or if I see a behavior issue while feeding I might move one to the back of the tank. I'd have to get my whole arm soaked to get one out though or move them so I'm less likely. I rea...

So I found a new hermit species at the local pet shop... another random catch! I think it is a Long-Wristed Hermit Crab. It's REALLY fast and hyper... a very interesting addition and it doesn't seem shy at all. Very different in behavior and morphology(long curved and thin legs) than any other hermi...

This is why I prefer aquatic hermits.