HCA: Hermit Crab Association

yeah! It was crazy! They severed the air line and the mister line. Flooded the tank. It was a mess.


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The set up is looking beautiful. A word of caution is to find a way to cover those plastic tubes. My hermits pinched through them the first night I installed my bubblers trying to climb them.


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I would say he's just curious but I am no expert. I believe I read displays of aggression/shell fights involve shell rapping/bashing to intimidate the other crab to vacate the shell.


Neona

@crabbywitch - Crabs are weird as the quote goes.


Neona

That is very neat! What a cool thing to be able to photograph.


Neona

No advice, just wanted to comment that I hope he pulls through!

So my tank arrived day before yesterday, but it arrived with a shattered back panel, the new tank should be waiting on my doorstep today. I'm a bit worried about the smaller PP though. She's super sluggish, sits in one spot, barely comes out of her shell and is slow to react to stimuli such as misti...

Yeah! I just found it. Thank you so much.

Thanks for the help guys! I had my suspicion about the E last night. Bumped the heat up to 75. I'm dying. So hot. The little E isn't molting. The 'warm end' of the house happens to be next to my bed. When I hit the light in the night to see if they were feeding, I found this! http://i238.photobucket...

Hello Guys! I rescued some crabs! I inherited three of them from my neighbor tonight. She didnt know anything about them when she was given them last week by a different neighbor. She decided they were 'too complicated.' and gave them to me. Poor guys keep getting passed around. I spent a while doin...