HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Looks great! Very creative. Thanks for posting the idea and pics.

Raw, you bought that one about a month ago or so, right? It's still holding up? I have not had one last that long yet.

I think a lot of things effect activity levels, but all things being equal it's "personality." I have the same crabs always doing goofball things all the time. Slipknot, Saltie, Marina, these guys account for the majority of the activity and antics everyday. I think also an active, goofball crabs ge...

If the right location has been found and they are finally actually down to the shedding part of a molt-yes, it will get unnervingly quiet. I'm sorry you lost Scallywag. :( If you want us to try and brainstorm on what might have caused it you could fill out the emergency template, but sometimes these...

Congrats on a successful molt!

Yes, pics please! It sounds like a very creative solution (crabbers are such creative folk-I love it!). I can't get my second levels to stay up so Id'd be interested in seeing the finished product.

Lovely pics!!! Yes, almost all my crabs are in brown turbos. I do think they "copy" each other, may be so they blend in together better? I don't know, but I think you are onto something there.

If you find an awesome one let me know. I'm on my 4th gauge since October. I don't think they construct these things worth a darn.

How cute. I think it's like the two year old who falls alseep with their butts up in the air, in the middle of pile of toys with a block in their hands. That's what your King of the Hill is doing.

What a little cutie pie! The tank is shaping up really nice too. Congrats on the new addition!

Congrats on the successful molt! Recently I've had two who came up just HUGE. One in particular is shockingly larger. Splitknot is just a fabulous little molter-he molts right on schedule, normal timeframes for being down-he's like clockwork. He is now a smaller large from a medium, and he is now my...

Love, love, love those jumbos. He's is spectacular!

Thanks for sharing your research!!! I always buy single ingredient foods. When I put a mix out-I don't know what nutrients in the mix each crab may get, because they all get to the food dishes at different times and each spoonful has a different mix in it. So if there are nutrients I feel are essent...

I always crush the food up (mostly dehydrated) with a mortar and pestle. I do this not because they can't pick apart anything (almost) with their claws, but because it discourages them carrying off large pieces they bury. Not only do I not rotting buried food in my substrate but then more than one c...

A 40B is a awesome tank for hermit crabs! Great choice. Congrats on the upgrade. We'd love to see pics when you are done.