HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Thanks again for the advice. I put both crabs in a salt water pool for the day. I don't have filtration but I used some rocks so they could climb up just in case. Turns out that they been out of the water for a few days already. They were picked out of a tidal pool. Their finder had checked for crab...

Thank you. I had put them in a traditional land crab tank last night. I will put them in some salt water for today, then my stepson will put them in his established salt tank tonight. I feel sorry for them and I don't know how long they've been out of the water. So hopefully we can get them settled ...

Hi all. Long time lurker, but now I have a possible emergency. I've had hermits for about 4 years now. I have a few from a pet store that I have been able to nurture through multiple molts. It made me sad that they are taken from the wild, so I stopped buying but I'm willing to rescue hermits that n...