HCA: Hermit Crab Association

The new crabs are home and doing well. Their names are Hide-ie, Swim-ie & Climb-ie. My son named them for the first thing they did after entering the crabitat. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/d9/6a/3f/d96a3f18c2eafbfbda7ba99a96345f09.jpg I've read that the painted shells are not good ...

Hi everyone, my son and I are new to hermit crabs. To let you know where my experiences lie, in our house we have 5 planted aquariums, a fairy garden and a few small terrariums, as well as many house plants. My almost 8yo son, Ryeik, lost his betta fish named Little Mack, after being room mates for ...

Crabinski wrote:Looks really nice! Just one caveat about hot glue: it won't hold up very long under crabitat conditions -- too humid.

Hot glue is just melted plastic, humidity should have no effect on it.

For people looking to use pothos vine, if you have a friend willing to give you a clipping it will develop roots if the stem is submerged. I'm doing research to set up my first crabitat. I have many planted aquariums and house plants, but hermit crabs are new to me. I'm thinking of using a suction s...