HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Hi everyone, I have a question so next week we are moving and 4 out of 7 of my crabs are molting. I don’t know where they are and I don’t want to disturb them, but I also don’t want their tunnels to collapse when we move the tank. How do I go about removing them? Thanks in advance!

No problem, have a great day!

I understand with the moving part. We are moving in July and the crab that always molts the longest decided to go down last month. I have no idea what I’m going to do.

The image looks like it could be a mixture of earthworm castings and hermit crab poop. That got wet. I honestly don’t think it’s anything to worry about, but hopefully someone else will join in so you can get multiple opinions.

No problem, good luck!

Exactly 1 year and 4 months. He went down around a month after I got him. I actually thought he had died. Then he popped up.

My largest crab is the size of a golf ball and his longest molt was 1 year and 3 months.

Hello, i can understand your concern. If Crabby came up during his “molt“ then i do not think he was actually molting he may have just been digging to relieve stress. As for Patty I am not sure. So little research has been done on hermit crabs it’s just hard to know. Patty could be experiencing some...

You are not the only one when i first got my crabs i only saw them when they were in their iso tank.

Okay, thank you so much!

Hello fellow crabbers! I have a question, so my family and I are moving somewhere new in a few weeks. Our tank is too heavy with everything in it to travel so I would have to take everything out of the tank including the crabs. Some of my crabs are molting and they usually take more than a month. Wh...

https://youtu.be/yrdxXMBBsb8

I recommend watching this video it is very informative on what you need to do. Good Luck! Keep us updated.

Yeah, if you don’t have another heat source he has to stay in the 10 gallon. If you would like you can take stuff out of the 25 gallon and add it into the 10 gallon until your other crab comes up.

Okay, thank you!

I just got a my first ultratherm heat mat, but I don’t know what to use to attach it to the tank any suggestions? If anyone can help it would be great!