HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I just spritz my moss pits every other day or when they start drying out.

Some folks do a deep clean yearly, churning the substrate to help aeration, but I don't think many actually remove all of the substrate just for the sake of putting in 100% new -- it's a pain to mix and get the substrate in there to begin with! I'm of the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" school: I...

So, I moved my 8 into an Exoterra a year ago and all are still doing well and growing. Last spring I added a batch of roly poly isopods and thy have flourished. I have a constant batch of new ones crawling around. The only thing I've done in the way of adding anything is replenishing miss in the 2 m...

I clean the glass and then rub some olive oil on the cups as suggested by others on this site. They stay up about 2-3 months before coming down. I just reclean glass and put on some more olive oil. Works for me.

From what I've read here it can sometimes take them a while to explore the new pools. I'm waiting for the same thing myself so I feel your pain lol One thing I read about sinking the pools...put 2 of the same size container inside each other with marbles or beads or something like that between them...

I really don't want to add a pump and an air stone. I have plenty of humidity in the set up and air flow.

Dish set up.

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So I have a good set up based on what I've read here, other than not having a deep water dish for my crabs to completely submerge. The other day I placed a 4x4x4 tupperware type container in one corner on top of substrate and set it up so that there was a way in and out of the container, using mesh ...

Thank you. I missed that part.

Hi. New member here. I've been reading over posts and can't seem to find an answer on how often to change out water in pools. I've been changing every 2 or 3 days when I see substrate or other stuff floating around. Is there a hard fast rule on water changes?