HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Hey everyone! I'm looking to stack two 29 gallon tanks on top of each other. One tank is already setup with crabs, and I'd like to give them a topper by using the other 29 gallon tank. I can't seem to find much information on here about using toppers (aside from the expensive exo-terra ones). Does a...

Tank looks good! Just make sure your pools are deep enough for the crabs to submerge.

As much as I'm sure you want to pick the crabs up, you have got to try your best not to. It's super stressful to them.

I'm so sorry to hear he didn't make it! Be sure not to stress the other hermit crab by picking him up all the time, that's definitely not helping him or her.

Do you have a picture of your new setup we can see? Hopefully we can make sure it is good to go!

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200515/2b0d1d6fa98c607c7e0fd9fbe8d840eb.jpg That’s what he looked like when I picked him up. I read on other posts that dead crabs are in curled positions with eyes tucked in. And if you gently grab a leg- if they slide around they are dead. I just tried that and ...

22pony22 wrote:Still in shell. I keep thinking I smell something on him. Just put back in tank with the shells I just received for him around him. Really worried about him :/

Wait, is he in the shell or not? I'm confused. If he's in the shell that's good.

He got back in the shell with me making him go in. I thought all was well and put him back in tank. He got out again. I put him back in shell again. He fell out when I picked up shell and I got him back in shell Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I would still recommend you boil the shells. They co...

22pony22 wrote:Shells are clean? Honestly don’t have time to boil them really need to get bashful back in a shell ASAP!


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You said you had gotten him back into his shell?? If you must throw them in your tank okay, but taking five minutes to boil them is a safer bet.

Found Bashful naked this morning. Created a post in the emergency forum, put in small container with shells. Read about how to manually re-shell crabs and decided to give it a try. Got Bashful back into the shell he dropped. So far he's staying in. Put back into the tank without container. Keeping ...

Thanks! There names came from the Disney movie. Happy (larger one) very out going and literally always comes out to say hi when I pick him/her up. But, will still hide in shell if I suddenly appear in front of the tank. Hasn’t pinched....yet. Bashful (tiny) is extremely shy and never comes out to s...

Thank you both! It's an Acurite 00325 thermometer. I've gotta calibrate it first, but then I'll start placing it around the tank to see what I get.

JoeHermits wrote:Depends on the setup. Some people attach it to the side with command hooks or let it sit in a basket or platform.


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I would like to attach it to the side of the tank, but I was unsure of how accurate that was...

curlysister wrote:When i first set up my tank, I moved the thermometer/ hygrometer around to the different areas to see what the readings were in various areas of the tank.

Is it truly necessary to hang the thermometer? The idea of everything being tied to the lid kinda bothers me.

I guess I could move the pools and hang it in that area?

Oops, totally meant to post this in the Crabitat Conditions forum. New to Tapatalk haha


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I recently got a thermometer holder for my tank, but I have no idea where to hang it where it’ll be accurate. Too close to the light and it’ll read too hot in the tank, above the water bowls and it’ll read wrong humidity levels. Thoughts? https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200504/836d0ac68fa0a98f777...