HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Yeah....I suppose that may actually be what's going on. I'll try to snap a pic of him next time he's shell less. Today he's back in one of his preferred ones. It was stressing me out so badly I had a crab nightmare that they all fried up

J, I appreciate your response and suggestions to look for! I have looked at his abdomine and tail(booty) as well as I can and I did not see anything that looked suspicious. I feelPretty darn sure the therm is right. I keep it at 81 in the house during the day. Now I just don't know about his other s...

Hi all, long time no see....crabber85, hello to you I'm on today after a week or so of a streaking off and on crab. Santa, who we can remember if we've had almost 1, or almost 2, years, is running around naked! Here are the deets:The tank is 30 gal, half fiber-half sand combo, idling between 80-85 (...

so here is my update after the cleaning….all went pretty well considering how it could have been.with a potential of 13 crabs total i still have 9! that may sound bad to some, but 1 micro i never saw after purchasing and his mate that i bought at the same time only resurfaced once in sept and then s...

this is great and very helpful! thank you two

there was someone on here that was gracious enough to walk me through the set up of my tah back in the fall….it kind of stopped working within the last month or so. the pump is pumping air through the tube and into the tube with the air stone on it. the stone is creating bubbles. i can see and hear ...

So some of you may remember that I've had half my crabs MIA since August/September. Well feb marks a year since my last deep clean. That's too long for my 40gal... I have all of my med-large crabs up and the rest haven't been seen in months. I'm assuming they are all dead. I know that tiny-small mol...

Date rolls! Great for humans and loved by crabs! You can buy them at the store or make them which seems to be much cheaper. DatesA tad of boiling water just poured over the dates but not cover. Soak them for 10-15mins. Make sure they are pitted and put into a food processor and run until mushed. Rol...

I'm adopting a beta today from a sad environment and I'd love to put the same great care into him as we have into our crabs. I found some general information but wondered if anyone here could recommend a beta site that they love or a forum? ThanksBeka

Are there strains of the maple tree that are not favorable for them?@laurie, what type of maple do you have/are you using? Idt I have black oaks here, just white and acorn oaks, whatever they are! I'm off to google photos!

So since the crabs can eat the leaves from maple or oak trees, provided they are untreated, we can add the branches as well? The purpose would be for?....climbing and decor @laurie, or do you suspect that they will eat it too? What's the purpose of soaking it in their water (as we would the acorns/l...

I have a few crabs that are micro/tiny and I almost never see them because they molt so frequently. One that was a micro August 2012 and is still a small now, I will see him for a day or few and then won't for a couple of weeks.

heheheheheheheheanyway, so, does anyone have an opinion on me having both a uva and a uvb bulb on at the same time?due to the length of my tank one bulb, from one side, won't heat the whole thing. if i go up in wattage the side that is in use gets way too hot. i do have a teeny tiny uth pad on one s...

I've had a rough time in my 2+ years with my 40 gallon breeder (which was a gift). it may be the only one in existence without a middle bar so there are no lids for it that i can find. i have also thought hard about the plexi but it just doesn't make sense for the same reasons….i think this spring I...

It sounds like everyone here is well informed in various health topics. I just wanted to chime in and add that sometimes, despite what we know, we can't always do it all....I love to cook, and I love farm-to-table, I doubly love to eat, and on top of it I am very well educated on the benefits of eat...