HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Hi everyone, I'm in a situation where I have to move very very suddenly and I want to be able to move my crabs to my new house safely. It's about a 2hr drive from where I currently live. I have two crabs that are pretty active (I see evidence of them eating and moving things around in their tank) bu...

Hey everyone, I'm sad to say that P didn't make it through the night. He was in the exact same spot I left him yesterday, and the tank smell a bit off than usual. It wasn't super strong but it was a slight acrid smell. I took P out of the tank and his whole body fell out of his shell. There was noth...

Thank you for replying so quickly! My older crabs (C & V) sometimes bury themselves in the substrate for periods of time) but I've never seen evidence of an exoskeleton. My substrate used to be somewhat dry, and I only recently found out about having proper substrate consistency. In the past month I...

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