HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Howdy folks! Just showing off my crabs! :crabbigsmile: "Big Boy" spends most of the day hidden away, typically partially buried, but is a real chow hound at night (and he really likes the apple chunks). He came home in an oversized (and particularly pointy) Murex shell similar to Steve's below but q...

Sounds good! You only 'need' more eco earth if you 'want' it! LOL! Like you say, I was surprised at how much my hermit crabs like to climb and how good they are at it, so you'll have to kind of split the difference of a suitable substrate depth and ways for them to climb up high. They are definitel...

FWIW, I added two 50lb bags of Sakrete Play Sand with the remainder of my 8qt bag of Eco Earth. I now have a solid 6 inches of substrate depth in the tank. I am guessing I probably need more Eco Earth, but my humidity bounced right back up to 80% not long after I closed everything back up.

I checked out those "Pure Bites" online, although I don't remember ever seeing them in the store - my cats would probably like those too.

In addition to the dry food, I am feeding them various fresh foods I have around the house (Herman really liked the apples, banana, blueberries, pecans, and certain types of lettuce). I have a chunk of cuttlebone in there that they seem to like. My local pet stores were wiped out after the holidays ...

I'm a pretty quick study and these forums have a lot of good info. I definitely want to build up the substrate so they can molt properly. Herman and the biggest crab are both obviously PP. The other two have different coloring but seem to be within the normal color variations for Caribbean Hermit Cr...

Both my wife and I had hermit crabs when we were younger but neither of us were experts. My wife recently 'rescued' a lone hermit crab from a local pet store. He was a large crab, trapped in a magpie shell that was clearly too small for him. He was all alone in a tank with nasty blue "bag sand" and ...