HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Thank you, I've been looking through the stickies and that's helping. Lol only problem is people have differing opinions on sizing BUT it definitely helped!

I read is suppose to be 3x the depth of your biggest crab?

How deep would it be if you just evened it all out? If it's 6 inches you won't even need more sub. It's hard telling from the picture how deep it would be. I'm not sure if mixing moss in would be a great idea, unless it was really fine moss. Do you spray each day? That can help the humidity boost. ...

There's moss in there, in a small bowl. It doesn't stay wet but would a bowl help? Would my tank be ok if it is half and half substrate then? I'm all out of coco fiber, can I use moss to mix with the sand? Is not going to be much for climbing space then? Also I'm still having trouble keeping the hum...

I'm not completely happy with my set up yet. I realize I need to add a bubbler which I'm doing tonight. And some climbing vines. Can I use the plastic plants from joann fabrics, are they safe? My other huge pet peeve is the lid. It slides out and opens the whole top up which is fine when I'm cleanin...

Thank you very much.

Thank you...

I can smell an odor. I think he's dead... but I'll wait a bit.

My other little guy surprised me by surfacing today! He looks like he's molted and feeling fine!

I love bettas, I have 10. good job!

I'm sure he's dead but should I be digging? I feel like I shouldn't.

Ok that's good to hear. I guess now time will tell.

Well I was concentrating on not touching his abdomen with my fingers cuz it was kinda gross. Can you see that sack from the top? If he didn't have one then he's dying?

Thank you. I've read and read. I've seen fiddler crabs shed before just not hermits. Not going to lie naked hermit crabs are wierd looking, discovered this one is a male! This crab in this thread hasn't lost limbs. But I had two others who fell apart and obviously died. One lost a leg before he died...

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