HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Is it normal for a crab to be stubborn to wanna stay in his old shell that is much too small for him? I bought him bigger shells in the summer (and they were really hard to find). I've had the shells in there for months and he hasn't even attempted to try one on. He just came up from another molt ab...

Yeah, I was on that website today and didn't see anything he'd like in his size.

Does anybody know where I can find turbo shells that have a 2" opening? My crab is picky. He doesn't like the heavy shells such as the carved or green turbos. He likes the lighter, thinner shells like the pearl ones. He recently molted and I can't for the life of me find the shells he likes to upgra...

The entire tank should be a minimum of 6 inches or 3 times the height of your largest crab, whichever is deeper. During molting they emit a yummy smell which other crabs find delicious. It started off deeper, but he's constantly rearranging the depths with his tunnels. I need to make the area where...

You mentioned your crab doing a surface molt. How deep is your substrate? They shouldn't do surface molts. Oh, no he's not on the surface. He hollowed out an area underneath his log. So he's underground, but in an open pocket, if that makes sense. The sand depth varies by the area in the tank, with...

Thanks for the suggestions! I'm not sure if he's aggressive or not. The old one that used to pick fights and try to rip them out of their shell was the biggest of the group. He pinched me the first time I held him, hence I named him Pincher. lol I'll certainly look around and see if any crabbies nee...

In 2007 I bought 4 hermit crabs in a shirt store down in Myrtle Beach. When I was 10 I had also gotten 1 crab before, again from Myrtle Beach. He died just before having him for a year, but that was wayyyy before there became a ton of info on how to care for them. So my thing is kinda I only get her...