HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Tomorrow will be the one year anniversary of me bringing my crab home from her first owners, I don’t know her actually birthday of course but I will say she is six now, I was just wondering what a safe treat for her could be for her birthday. I love her so much and I hope to have many more years wit...

That would be wonderful but you’ve already helped me so much and I’m sure I can go out and get it in the next day or two!

Thank you so much! And amazing update on my crab, she molted!!! That’s why I want to get the salt as soon as possible to help harden her exoskeleton!

Basically my hermit crab has saltwater currently but it’s a mixture that doesn’t have enough minerals for her, I want to buy some sea salt but all the instant ocean salts are 10 gallons or more, are there any other companies that have good salt that sell in a smaller amount you recommend?

Thank you so much! I put a humidity gage from an old tank in and gave her some honey, also took the sponges out to dry, my substrate looks good in depth and I’ll switch her water asap! I’ll try to get some more protein and calcium in her diet. Thank you again and I hope she recovers! (Edit) my broth...

My hermit crab has coconut fiber two inches at one part four at another. Her heat is at 84 and I mist her tank in the morning and at night. She has a red light for at night and I’m not sure what it is called but the bulb is blue for during the day. She has zoomed salt water conditioning and same com...

my crab just recently molted about a month ago. Her previous owners had her for 5 years and I’ve had her for over 6 months and had no problems. But she buried herself again for longer than any molt she’s had. When I went to check on her in the usual spot I picked her up gently and a leg fell off!!! ...