HCA: Hermit Crab Association

GotButterflies wrote:I'm sorry, I don't use it in my crabitat. Perhaps try searching the internet.

It's cool. Thanks!

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GotButterflies wrote:No. I'm sorry. It isn't organic. Look at the warning. It even states that the product contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects.

Thank God I didn't put it in. Any recommendations for a good brand?

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Just to be safe. Would it be okay to put in the crabitat?

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I try to keep my humidity at around 80. I've only heard of the pencil test, so I'll be sure to try the squeeze test as well!

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Are you wetting it so that if you squeeze it, it clumps together? How well covered is yoyr lid with saran wrap? I've had tanks dry out quickly, but after only a day it sounds like not enough moisture is being added to the substrate and you have a good humidity leak somewhere! Do you know what the h...

I added play sand when I first got the tank. Guess I have to put in more though. Thanks!

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No matter what I do the substrate becomes dry! I have eco Earth and I spray the tank/substrate multiple times a day. It gets so dry sometimes that I have to take everything out and spray the substrate thoroughly, but to no avail, as it just becomes dry again after a day or so. They mostly hang by th...

Sounds good. How do you know whether or not a netting is safe to use in the tank?

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I want to make some netting I could hang around the tank so my crabs have some more things to climb on, and hopefully something that I could wrap around some popsicle sticks/dowels to hold them together for a second level. Is this one okay? I don't want to order it and it ends up being a huge waste!...

How many shells do you have? The HCA recommends 3-5 per crab. They also need to be the right type of shell. Please check the shell guide. (I’m on tapatalk ~ can’t figure out how to link on here- sorry!). Secondly- putting them into a container while you clean their tank would probably stress them o...

Ingredients Calcium Sulfate, Fish Meal, Wheat Flour, Squid Meal, Soybean Meal, Krill Meal, Fish Oil (Naturally Preserved With Mixed Tocopherols And Citric Acid), Shrimp Meal, Dehydrated Beets, Lecithin, Garlic Powder, Iron Oxide, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (Stabilized Vitamin C), Dicalcium Phosphat...

Sounds good, thank you guys!

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Hello! So, I'm almost always either visiting family or away from home, which is pretty bad!!! I used to just give them some extra food if it was a 1-2 day trip, but I hated the idea of old food in their tank. Up until recently I found these little mineral rocks to give them when I'm gone (found at P...

Okay well, the (pretty unfortunate) saga continues. I have two PPs I got a couple of months ago, and up until this point they were doing really fine together. Ham had gone down for a month and a half or two (still don't know if he was molting or just burrowing for a long time) and before that they s...

I only bathe them when I see the substrate wedged inside their shells and they haven't "shaken" it off for a while. It just frustrates me, but I'll minimize that.

And yes, I check to make sure it is sand castle consistency everyday

Thanks for the help!

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