HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Budgies are buttholes. Wing clipping can be a temporary thing done during the taming process, you don't have to keep them clipped down the line if you don't want to. It really depends on how comfortable you are with him. But it can be dangerous to have an unclipped bird while taming. Unclipped actua...

So Halloween crabs can burrow up to 5-8 feet in the wild. However a foot in captivity is fine so long as they're kept solo. They are extremely cannibalistic and aggressive to other crabs. Halloween crabs also do not fair well in salt water, they need fresh and brackish - brackish water is very weak ...

TBH I have to check, I'm not at home at the moment. It's either that or Sterilite. I had to go to walmart because they're expensive online when you try to order large ones.

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Fri Aug 30, 2019 3:11 pm

Awesome setup!

Do totes normally state whether they're food grade or not?

Depends on the brand, though if you search the brand online you should find if they are or not. I believe all Rubbermaid is, but I could be wrong.

Place each crab into a deli cup with a moist paper towel (make sure there are some air holes) and then you can place them into a cooler and place the hand warmers into the cooler but outside the cups. Seal the cooler (but open hourly to refresh air). The hand warmers and the moist paper towels will ...

So Eco Earth by itself can flood easily - a crab that digs down can drown due to flooding. A mixture of sand with sand being the main component is best. 5:1 ratio though some do even more sand than that, and it should be play sand consistency so they can build tunnels. Humidity does need to be highe...

I have to go in person to verify my identity. Ugh. The online verification is asking me questions about my deceased grandmother who I was named after, it can't tell us apart so it thinks I'm lying when I answer the questions.

Ah, so much work.

I got my guys on Amazon. Wonder why they're not cracking down on them. @_@

Though it sounds like if the breeder was licensed to ship to all states then I'm fine.

But I think I'll apply just in case.

So the Imagitarium Salt isn't that great - and it's expensive compared to buying Instant Ocean and making it yourself. Imagitarium isn't harmful, it's just a bit lacking in the essentials last I read about it. And again, with how often you should clean out your water if it's not airated/filtered it'...

Reposting my info here because I am in this area too. How Far Can You Travel?: Willing to travel upwards of 3 hours away, I work in Northeast Philadelphia and attend college in Newark, DE at University of Delaware. I also volunteer at Adventure Aquarium in Camden, NJ so I travel a bit in that area ...

WILMINGTON, DE How Far Can You Travel?: Willing to travel upwards of 3 hours away, I work in Northeast Philadelphia and attend college in Newark, DE at University of Delaware. I also volunteer at Adventure Aquarium in Camden, NJ so I travel a bit in that area too. Size of Tanks, Number of Crabs, an...

You can get rid of the mold and add more substrate. Gray sand is also an indicator of mold lower down, caused by floods. You'll want to add more and mix to absorb the water in the bottom. However, unless the pool is huge I'd let the crabs alone. But keep an eye on them if the one is burrowing toward...

I use more sand than EE, but I don't really measure the amount. No issues with humidity, holds shape well too.

I barely noticed my isopods eating for a long while, but as they multiplied and there were more I began to notice it. They probably are eating, it's just such a little amount it's hard to notice.

My guys prefer their veggies wilted or starting to go bad. But they also like hermit crab poop so meh.