HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Cholla wood! You can get it on Amazon. Fish net, I hang some along the back of my tank. Command hooks work great for that! You can find jute twine at Walmart and make your own net as well, I did that! Hamster wheels are awesome. You can get one on Amazon for cheap. You want the solid plastic one, n...

Cholla wood! You can get it on Amazon. Fish net, I hang some along the back of my tank. Command hooks work great for that! You can find jute twine at Walmart and make your own net as well, I did that! Hamster wheels are awesome. You can get one on Amazon for cheap. You want the solid plastic one, n...

I want to add more things to my tank for my hermies to be able to climb and hide in. I have a 10 gal tank and have a coconut hide. I want to mainly have more things for them to climb. Any tips or suggestions on easy decorations?


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It depends on what kind of UTH you have. Some UTHs don't heat as well as others (IMO). UTHs from http://www.reptilebasics.com and http://www.beanfarm.com are really great - whereas Zoomed UTHs are expensive and don't heat as well. You can also try insulating your tank. UTH's from reptile basics and...

curlysister wrote:Great advice given above! One question about the coco fiber substrate - is it dry or moist?

It’s moist! And I make sure the moss isn’t super dry either


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1. What kind of substrate is used in your tank and how deep is it? I use coconut fiber and it goes from about 7inches at one end to 4 on the other the entire length need to be a minimum of 6inches or 3x the height of your largest crab. Whichever is deeper. Then you can make hills 2. Do you have gau...

1. What kind of substrate is used in your tank and how deep is it? I use coconut fiber and it goes from about 7inches at one end to 4 on the other 2. Do you have gauges in the tank to measure temperature and humidity? If so, where are they located and what temperature and humidity do they usually re...

I just recently got a hygrometer and it keeps dropping to around 40-50% humidity. I spray them with water whenever I can and have moss and water inside for them. I don’t know what else I can do to keep the humidity up unless I buy a humidifier which I might be forced to do to keep the right humidity...

They are probably stressed and want to stay buried. Don’t take them out of the sand unless it’s an emergency otherwise it will stress them out more and might kill them. Just make sure you have the right substrate, temperature, and humidity and they’ll be fine.


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