HCA: Hermit Crab Association

What kinds of shells do your purple pinchers prefer? So far mine have worn magpie shells and those green turbos. Poor me, whenever i buy a shell i think looks cool they never pick it.

I think my purple pincher is getting due for a new shell. Currently shes in a 1 inch magpie shell but shes been in green turbos in the past. In her tank she has a couple bigger turbo shells, i think ones a tapestry shell and they seem a lot heavier and denser/thicker in the shell wall than her magpi...

Hot shot.
Its a bug spray.

Im sorry. Im not a administrator on here or anything so i dont know how much help ill be. I lost a crab a few months back and to this day i cant figure out why. So i get what your going through. When i first got him(like a month and a half after i got them) he got sick and i was convinced he was dea...

I know that i should not spray any chemicals around my crab tank because it could kill the crab. But right now I'm in the position where i have to spray in that room. Should i remove the crab tank from that room completely and bring it back when the smell is 100% gone? Or, Can i take the crab out of...

This is a good info to start with. Do you know their species? Crabs require more then what you're given at souvenir shops and a lot of the time what they come with isnt good for them. https://www.hermitcrabassociation.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=120&t=119273 The link above is a good start. But when yo...

Ive recently been told that having a heat mat that goes down past the sand is dangerous for them.

Thoughts?

I had two hermit crabs. One died a few months ago for unknown reasons. Seriously i have no clue, if curious read my older post or ask. But my remaining crab went down for her molt just over nine weeks ago. I keep track of their molts and her last one took just over five weeks. Currently shes been do...

Is he molting just under the top layer of substrate? Or is that where the cave opening is? How deep is your substrate? How long have you had them? If he is molting you should try to disturb him as little as possable. Maybe place something else over that spot and move the food to another area? I dont...

Thank you for your kind words. He definitely passed.
But I'll be honest, after having him past the one year mark by a fair amount it. I feel like it had to have been something i did. I dont know what.

But thank you all again. He fought on for over 11 days. He was a tough little guy.

i believe he passed. im just waiting for the death smell to be 100% sure. my heat mat is hooked up to a thermostat so i dont believe its too cold. i only have them in a 10g for now so their isn't too a drastic change from one side to the other. i believe my hydrometer is accurate too. i am truly at ...

I know it's not made to be food safe, but I figure the bust or whatever should be just about as safe as any other terra cotta pot and if need be you could use different chia seeds for safety.


what do you think?

also i just noticed this emoji

Thank you. Do you have any idea what could have happened? Ive had them for over a year and a half and i believe all their levels are in good range. I havent made any drastic changes to the tank, and my other crab seems fine. The only thing i can think of is that he had a bad molt for some reason. Th...

Thank you. He's gone shelless twice a day since new years. And ive noticed he hasent gone inside his shell all the way since at least new years as well. Any tips or advice will be appreciated but i think all i can do is try to keep him shelled as mich as possable. Give him high energy foods and keep...

Help. New years day. I felt he came up from his molt fine but i noticed he wasnt quite as active. Then he gradually became less and less active then he started moving like his shell was getting too heavy for him and kept seeming to get weaker. So i hopefully thought he might just need to change his ...