HCA: Hermit Crab Association

My daughter named him Tough because he’s our brave one. He always pops out when he hears us coming; the others mostly hide, but he’s social and curious.

Thanks for your reply! For some reason, I didn’t get the notification email, so I didn’t find it until now. Here’s a photo link: https://share.icloud.com/photos/00dUn-R ... 5tZbt62fjw

Thanks, @JTKermie

You were right - we’re starting to see more of them now; we often get a visit in before bedtime

Hi! We’re about four months into our crab-owning journey. We started with 4 - 1 died early on, 2 have been MIA under the sand (molting, I assume) and 1 has been active and friendly. This week, a second crab surfaced and has been visible (yay!), but we noticed that in comparison, the one we’ve been w...

My daughter is too young to be up at night, so she doesn’t see her crabs much. I wondered if we could reverse the day/night cycle in our crabitat? I’m wondering if we blacked out the sides with black paper and covered the lid with cardboard during the day, then used a daylight bulb at night, would t...

Hi Julie Ann. Just saw your concern about playsand. We got ours from Home Depot, even in the dead of (Canadian) winter. Ask if they have some in the back. Good luck!

Thanks for the suggestions! I have read about molting but thought it would be a big coincidence for all of them to go under at once. I’m reassured by your comments. Re: sponge - will do! Re: calcium - we have a cuttlebone, which I think is calcium Re: shells - added a couple more today and will try ...

Thanks for all the great info - I’ve been reading your boards for months preparing for my daughter’s Christmas gift of hermies. Here’s our setup: -4 tinies, species unknown (we planned for 3 but bought 4 bc I read that many die right after purchase). -20G glass tank with screen top that’s been silic...