HCA: Hermit Crab Association

He is by himself so I do not think he could get anything.

Do they live on the beach, beach or more in inlets?

wodesorel wrote:Do not use a heating pad on an aquairium! It's uneven heating and can cause the glass to crack. You have to use an aquarium heater that goes in the water.

It is a plastic 10 gallon tank. Do you think it will be fine?

I had no idea about the glass! I will tuck that info away.

Giner13 wrote:Oh my!!![emoji79][emoji79]good luck!!


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My reaction exactly :roll:

This is all great information. Thankfully a friend of mine will be going to the beach in about a month so he will returned to freedom! I have an extra heating pad so I will put that on today. I will try out different foods. He is not very interested in the shrimp. He is enjoying tearing up the tank ...

So a "friend" knows I am into hermit crabs. She was *ever so nice* and found one on the beach for me! She dopped him off in a dirty ice cream container without water or food. I explained to her: 1- don't get people pets. 2- MHC and LHC are not the same. 3- even if they were I do not have room for on...

Kermie16 wrote:So cute!! Congrats on the babies!!! They are obviously thriving in their home ^_^


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I am not sure about your isopods, but they took longer to really start breeding than I expected. They finally are starting to thrive.

Here are some new babies.

You should put some isopods in your tank.

Not a great update. My coworkers kid-o thinks the crabs are dull and a few have died. I have volunteered to take them. Hopefully she will give them to me to take care of.

Isopod update. The breeding has stopped. They little guys are no longer little and are quite large! What am I doing wrong?

I have a pet sandbox at the moment. Hopefully some will come up soon

They are really fun to watch! I have taken quite a shine to them.

Does anyone use slugs in their tank? If so how do you take car of them?

I found a website but I can't figure out how to buy them.
http://suumo.jp/edit/brand/shellwemove/en.html

Do you know the name of the company?