HCA: Hermit Crab Association

VickieG, I am in the process of setting up fresh and saltwater pools in my new tank. The saltwater pool was pretty straightforward but I am unsure on the freshwater one. At this point the dimensions of the freshwater pool are 6 inches wide, 10 inches long and 8 inches deep. I was under the impressio...

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I’m new and in the process of setting up my tank. I have been reading about how important it is to offer a bubbler pool for them to swim or submerge in. Does anyone have a good tutorial or video on how to do this, specs, and/or products to buy to set one up? I watched Courtney’s video on swimming cr...

I just tried to buy an ultra therm from reptile basics website and many of their sizes were out of stock. Ended up at the bean farm website. They had every size in stock but the prices were a little higher than reptile basics.

Thank you for the advice!! The cuttle bone is a great idea.

We vacationed in Florida recently and have a few buckets of beautiful white beach sand we brought home with us. Can I safely add this to our crabitat? I thought they might like it for the calcium or whatever else they eat in the substrate, thanks!

Hi all! We are new to crabbing and loving it so far. We started about 6 months ago with a pair and got one more in November for a total of 3 crabs. About 2 months ago they moved from their small souvenir shop traveling bin to a larger but still small 2 gallon tank. They loved it relatively to where ...