HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Found a crab naked and mixed up with the Moss just a little bit ago. He was a little guy, and it looked as though he got beat up because all this limbs were tangled in the moss. This is the second crab we have had go naked and then die. This time we had the humidity at 77 and the heat in the tank is...

It looks like you're off to a great start! Keep in mind that crabs are prey animals and need plenty of places to hide so they feel secure in their home. Plastic plants work well. They also spend a lot of time climbing trees in the wild so second levels, cholla, oak branches, slabs of bark and other...

Is burlap ok to use too? Sent from my SCH-S968C using Tapatalk I've heard of people using burlap before, I'd just make sure it doesn't have chemicals on/in it. Also soaking it in SW would work to clean it before you put it in and that would also work for occasional cleaning. It helps keep mold away...

Is burlap ok to use too?

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Just wanted to share our new tank we got and set up. It's a little sparse but hopefully it will work well for our crabs. And we will be able to add more stuff for them. We got two new crabs to go into the new tank too. Though they have been in isolation for the last week. Mercury has been moved to t...

I think the thermostat is reading at 75.

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Yes it is an ultra therm. My boyfriend taped foil and then cardboard to the back of it. We used packing tape lol

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Ok thank you! We will do that!

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So I recently posted on here about a hermit crab that was naked. A very helpful member let me know what happened to the little guy and gave me a lot of information to fix our living conditions for our remaining crab. Anyway we ended up with a second crab (Apollo) who is a teeny that we put in with o...

I never thought to check joanns! Thanks for the tip! I bought a bag of shells that were supposed to be for the bottom of a fish tank but my crabbies buried them all. I've been having trouble finding reasonably priced shells. Amazon is good but I can't tell what size they are besides medium or large....

Ok thank you!

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Ok thank you. Would thermal tape work ok too?

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Ah I see! Thank you! Yes I believe I bought a ultratherm.

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Hi, I have seen on here that one needs to insulate the uth heater. Someone told me what to use but not how to insulate the heater. Do you insulate the whole tank? Or just the uth? Does anyone have pictures I could see please? Thank you for your help.

Thank you!