HCA: Hermit Crab Association

No I have my other 2 in the new tank. So he’s isolated. I covered him up with the wood chips and leaned a pice of cork wood against the wall so it darkened his area.

So In my first tank (10g) I set up the substrate bad and there’s wood chips on top on one end, about 2 inches of wood chips :/ There’s a crab that’s been buried in those wood chips for about a week now, I think he’s molting. I was just going to throw away all the wood chips when I found him. What sh...

Ok so I’ve set up the new tank really nice, and the new crab is buried right now. One of my others seems super stressed, as the first tank I built isn’t set up as good as it should be. Would it be ok to put him in the new tank with the buried crab so he can have a nice space?

The thing is he won’t come out until nighttime, and I’m trying to clean and set up the tank he’s in for the others. So if I could successfully scoop him out with a bowl, he can just sleep in the little carrier, right? Or would he notice that movement and stress to death? Lol I’m so scared of stressi...

Also the new one has been alone for about a year, so that is a factor. Will he be more aggressive or happy for the new buddies?

I’m a new crab owner, started with 2 from a beach shop (sadly) and then just adopted one from someone near me yesterday. I want to move all of them into the new tank that came with the crab but the new one keeps going under during the day. I know he’s not molting but I’m scared to move him into a ca...