HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I am excited to be upgrading my crabitat from the 40 gallon to a 70! I picked it up for free from a customer when I worked at a Petstore. Since I have more space now, I would really like to make their freshwater "bath" area more of a paludarium-type. ((Also, despite losing several tropical and aquat...

rainbow_crab wrote: Thanks, maybe I'll send him an email and see if he is going to quit selling or not

Any update?

Anymore updates? Looks great!

@crabber85 Thanks for bringing this topic to light. Bizarre cancers in my family have made us health-conscious of environmental (incl. dietary) pollutants. I mention this to point out my own hypocrisy on this issue, since we've become ultra suspicious and aware of plastics in our own lives. But here...

I've heard of people using chia seeds! I have no experience with either using them or mites... if your crabs don't have mites, or come with eggs on them then I don't believe they can get them...nor would chia seeds attract any. Maybe they were referring to other critters that may come with some plan...

hermitcrabdc wrote:Hello, welcome to the HCA!
Storage bin user here! I have one with a 5g tank attached to the top.

Hey, thanks a lot! Using the top tank upside down is an awesome idea! I may have found an idea for my ten gallon...

Hi everyone :smt039 I have 3 PP's: a teeney, a small, and a slightly-more-medium-small. I recently moved them from my 10 gallon tank for fear of not having enough room for either the crabs or the items I wanted to include in their crabitat. They are now in a large, clear-green plastic storage contai...