HCA: Hermit Crab Association

BTW - I edited my post so check that out. It isn't necessary to use bottled water. You can use tap. Just use a dechlorinator. A lot of us use a product called Prime. You need a dechlorinator that removes chlorine, and chloramine as well as neutralizes ammonia and heavy metals. :) Yes! I saw the edi...

Hello! Yes, you want to use dechlorinated marine saltwater or dechlorinated freshwater to make it sandcastle consistency :) Edit: BTW - it isn't necessary to change out your substrate unless you are having a bacteria bloom or flooding. I also wanted to let you know that I know how difficult Tapatal...

Carissaraeee wrote: Thank you!! So I use a little of both salt and bottled water?


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I read your comment wrong, you said “or” not “and” so Ignore my question lol thank you so much for the response!!


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GotButterflies wrote:Hello! Yes, you want to use dechlorinated marine saltwater or dechlorinated freshwater to make it sandcastle consistency

Thank you!! So I use a little of both salt and bottled water?


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Lol! Replying to my own post here, But I was doing some research while I was waiting for somebody to reply, and I came across an older post where people were advising that the OP used salt water to moisten the substrate. So, should I use my Instant Ocean salt water mix to expand my hermie’s substrat...

Hello my fellow crabbers! Quick question, when changing my substrate, I got the Eco Earth compressed coconut fiber. So you have to add water when changing the substrate for it expand. So my question is, can I use tap water for that? Or do I need to stick with bottled water? The last substrate I got,...

Thank you guys! And how do you know what sizes to get and stuff? I’ve never bought any offline before, so I just don’t want to get the wrong size because I feel like one of them really needs a new one. I can tell he wants one, but he doesn’t like any of the ones I got in there. But now that I know w...

Well guys,... due to the craziness that surrounds us, I’m stuck in the house, and my hermits need new shells. And I need to find some ASAP. My only problem is, I don’t know what size to get. Especially if I’m gonna have to buy them online. So,... does anyone have any good websites they like to get t...

Okay guys. Thanks! The link provided above, isn’t bringing me anywhere, it’s saying 404 page error or something like that. But I’ll do some searching on google and see what sites and articles I can find providing info about ants and how to keep them away from my little hermits! I’m so happy I decide...

Thank you! I will definitely try the vaseline trick! I got their crabitat all cleaned and got them situated. Went and got new substrate, a couple new things to put in their tank. And I also got play sand and mixed it in their substrate this time. I wanna post a pic of the results but idk how

Thank you so much! And it definitely was a nightmare! Especially because it was the middle of the night. Lol mondays are already hard enough, because,.. well,.. it’s Monday! Lol so I was up until about 2 in the morning and then had to get right back up to get my daughter ready for school. So thank y...

Hello everybody! I need some help. I have a 20 gallon tank, for my two hermit crabs. But it has a screen top to it, so seeing how it has been getting colder, I usually keep a baby blanket over the top of it to keep the heat and humidity in the tank. Last night, I decided to Expose one of the corners...

Oh nice!!! Thanks!! I didn’t know that either. But now that I think of it, I probably should’ve know that considering everything is surrounded by technology these days! Lol thanks everybody!

Also, i will download that app, thank you for recommending it

From what I’ve read, which I don’t know if it is completely accurate, but you are supposed to measure the holes by how big the biggest pincher is. And if that is true, they are in shells right now that are way too big for them. Because they aren’t that big. But the hole in the shell is way bigger th...