HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Colorado Springs, CO Willing to travel between Monument and Pueblo. Coming up on 5 years of owning hermit crabs, started with 2 that my stepdaughters "won" at school. Rescued additional off of craigslist over the years. I have a 65 gallon tank with 2 real coconut hides and various ground level hide...

So I've obviously caught a case of the crabs, har har. :) So much so that I've started to rescue off of Craigslist, the other tank can not be seen at this moment but I've supposedly gotten 3 crabs from a family with an 11 year old that felt that they were boring pets, 1 came up right away and the ot...

I would keep an eye on that red cholla, I've got them but mine are entirely made out of plastic. But according to a few US crabbers, yours seem to be painted or dyed cholla branches...? :?: IDK, if it is true, but I would just mention it just to give you a heads up regardless. This one is plastic a...

Oh boy, I am so excited! I went ahead and finished up with the freshwater instead of salt as the humidity is so low in our state that I doubt I could get it above 90% even if I tried really really really hard. So, I have the tank set up. The smaller PP was hanging out top side and was the first to "...

Hello. Thanks for the response! Here are the items I purchased and began to use on 7/10. Zoo Med Hermit Crab Heater 4 Watts - Total bust as mentioned. Zoo Med Terrarium Moss, 5 Gallon - I made a little moss pit and have tons and tons left. Zoo Med Hermit Soil Coconut Fiber Brick 600g - It's actually...

Hello all. Boy am I glad you were the top google result! I've been visiting and reading a large number of posts for the last 7 weeks and here is the result of a trial by fire of a new hermit crab owner. I am requesting for feedback and suggestions, please realize I read what I could and did some imm...