HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Thanks guys. For some reason he just wont take to the turbo shells, believe me its been 5 years and many $$ of experiments on that front. I guess he's just picky and happy with what he's got.

On my 21st birthday my family surprised me with a new Hermit Crab, which I promptly named 21. He was wearing a land snail shell (with plenty of room to grow) that clearly had a coat of clear lacquer paint on it. At the time I kinda rolled my eyes-- I have had problems with crabs forced into snail sh...

Greetings all. I have a bit of a dilemma and I was hoping the crabbing community might have thoughts and suggestions. I have a large tank (55gal) that houses 4PPs and 1E. Everyone seems to be happy and doing well (I’ve had this larger set up for 2 years). However, I live in Indiana and come July I h...