HCA: Hermit Crab Association

You may want to get a piece of plexiglass cut for your tank top. I had one of mine cut at Michaels Crafts in the framing department. A 10 gal. would be an easy cut. If you have a Lowes store you can also get a piece cut there too. Both pieces were around $10. They work great, you'll need to turn the...

When I setup my 2 tanks I put my heaters on the bottom to one side. My crabs are small so the substrate is around 4 to 5 inches deep. I put the small pieces that came with the heaters on the corners of the tanks and was careful not to place the plastic part of heater that attaches to to pad where a ...

Thanks for the advice. I just don't want to poison my hermies and when my friend said the shells were bleached, I wasn't sure if boiling them would be good enough to make them safe to use. They are amazing looking shells and I am so lucky to have them. I'll boil them and pray that it's all they need.

Hey Everyone, I have a question about shells that I hope someone can let me know if I'm thinking correctly. I have a friend whos mother collects shells from a beach in Florida, Senibel, I think its called. Anyway her mom sent me a ton of shells that shes had for a while and I was suprised to see how...