HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Thank you so much.

My sons crabs were also bought from PetCo. Very little sand and sooo many crabs, alive and dead. My question is. The crabs he received have painted shells. Is this a NO NO? very new owner here.

Thank You very much. This has been very helpful. I will try this when i get home. One last question. When i remove him from the tank how do i handle him. I know they are very sensitive at this stage and want to take all precautions. and do i need to put his exo back in with him? i removed it not kno...

How long can he live that way. I am at work for 8hrs and praying he;ll still be alive and okay when i get home. Is there a step by step process on manually putting him in a shell??

I feel absolutely horrible after reading all of this. I had no idea what to do and what not to do and now im afraid I might have killed mine. Im praying he's still alive when i get home so i can isolate him. One question i have is exo in a plastic bag because i removed it not knowing, can i just put...

After they molt do i need to leave the Exoskeleton in the tank? I really hope not, i removed it last night thinking it was him and he had died.

Brand new crab owner here. Have a very active crab, Superman and then a not so active crab. From day one not so active, Bart, has hid in the sand. once every two weeks i would remove him during cleaning just to make sure he wasnt dead. He molted last night and was out of his shell. This morning Supe...