HCA: Hermit Crab Association

wodesorel wrote:If the vinegar traps are getting them they are fruit flies, probably coming in on fresh fruit or onions or potatoes. It only takes a single pregnant female! They likely went after food the crabs dragged off and hid.

Ok [emoji106] Great!


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Are we talking full-sized houseflies? Are they black, blue or green, as that can help narrow down what is attracting them. Where are the maggots being found in the tank - the food dish, under the water bowls etc? So my mom hasn’t seen flies since we put vinegar traps. They are little black bugs tha...

GotButterflies wrote:Hello Can you post a picture? Are they gnats or flies?

They are definitely flies they’re in my house to. I don’t have a picture because I’m away at school but I will get my mom to send a pic!


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So this happened around this time last year, but flies are infesting my hermit crab tote. Everyday there’s at least 1 or 2 and today I found larvae! I only use dried food from Hermie’s Kitchen so I don’t think it’s that, especially since this happened around this time last years. And suggestions?? I...

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171223/dd29026ad8547a0faebbae074f057d51.jpg I reintroduced her to the tank today after 48 hours in iso. She still seems kind of weak, but has more color than previously. She still kinda stretches herself out of the shell, not naked but I can see her back when she ...

Update: just checked iso for the last time tonight. She is in the corner of the iso tank still in her shell.


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Id still iso to observe her condition abd ensure thats she stays in the shell for a while. As long as the humidity is up, no need to spray the ISO once shelled Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk Okay! Sounds good. My humidity is pretty great I was so nervous about her being dehydrated. I can hear...

Upate: i’ve been spraying every 30min or so for the last hour. She is moving around in iso with the shell, so I hope she is getting stronger. I’m going to put some peanut butter in the iso for her


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Update: he reshelled himself. Should I continue to iso and maybe mist? The iso is inside of my main tank using a little petco tote


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NAKED CRAB https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_fid=28566&share_tid=115879&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ehermitcrabassociation%2Ecom%2FphpBB%2Fviewtopic%2Ephp%3Ft%3D115879&share_type=t Link to my previous post including the emergency questions and the suggestions that were made which I have done Sent fro...

I had another post where I found one of my crabs naked and it ended up passing away. I have another crab fairly small that has seemed pale for a while after coming up from a molt. I thought maybe I wasn’t feeding enough calcium or preotein so I’ve been feeding egg shells cuttle bone and shrimp for a...

Hey guys! I'm going to be moving into my own apartment (finally) and will be moving my crabs from my mom's house to my new apartment (1 hour away). Do you have any suggestions on making the move easy on the crabs? I was going to set up a new tank at my apartment and then put the crabs in a carrier a...

Heya, just wanted to chime in about mixing Instant Ocean: If you have a container that fits 1 quart (that's 32 oz., aka 4 cups of water) you can mix 1/8th of a cup of Instant Ocean and have the correct measurement. I prefer this to mixing a gallon at a time. If you wanted to mix two cups of salt wa...

DragonsFly wrote:Hi, biancaalexis! Do you know any other Florida crabbers on the board?

I do not but I know there is a “Florida Adopters” page that I’m in that has quite a few floridians


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I’m from Tampa quite a while away from Daytona but still!


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