HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Hi. Currently, I have 2 glass tanks for my crabs. One is 10 gallons and one is 15 gallons. I only have 2 crabs at the moment, but they're quite large (2.5-3 inches shell). I currently have them separated one in each tank because when they're both in the same tank, one would try to take the other's s...

They are talking about how cute the resident dog is! LOL! lol thanks. So it looks like there's some good news. Last night I saw the shy large crab change into a new shell. It also went to the water dish to drink water. Today morning I saw it at the food dish eating food. And the smaller crab also s...

For dechlorine I use Prime. And for salt water I use Instant Ocean. So one of the shy crabs just came out of its shell a little bit - still in the corner not moving. The active crab went up in front of that crab and they've been staring at each other for hours now. I think they're communicating. The...

Thanks for the welcomes. =) My substrate is a mixture of Zoo Med eco-earth + Fluker's sand substrate mixture. Originally I was only going to use Fluker's because it's already a mixture of sand + coconut fiber. But the tank I bought came with the eco-earth so I went ahead and mixed the two. In the fu...

Hi. I just got 3 new crabs yesterday from a local pet store. One of them has been very active - drinking, eating, climbing, changing shells etc. The other two just hide in the corner and barely moved since yesterday. I am just wondering how long will it usually take for new crabs to get comfortable ...