HCA: Hermit Crab Association

This is a manufactured tank I’m pretty sure, the glass looks to be ‘aquarium’ thick. Lol. But I will take on that advice about the glass coz shattering a tank sounds terrifying!

Hey Wodesorel, Thanks for the vid recommendation - it was so helpful! I’ve been able to almost completely remove the hardened silicone (possibly asphalt?) from beneath the aluminium frame! The 2 base panes popped out cleanly when I’d finished cleaning out the caulking, but pretty sure I can add new ...

Oh sweet thanks! I’ll have a watch. Hope your crabitat planning is going well [emoji4]


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Hi Peeps, Does anyone on here have experience or advice for restoring old crusty fish tanks? I managed to score a 30g tank for free. It’s been left outside for I don’t know how long, but it’s structurally sound and has a fitted glass lid [emoji2] I don’t have any experience with fish tanks & have qu...

I’ve seen almond leaves and flower medley packages on Etsy. It wouldn’t have occurred to me they’d like petals but I’ll for sure try it out. RE SEAWEED - Would I need to ‘treat’ the seaweed in anyway before giving it to the crabs? I’m imagining I’d rinse it with some dechlor salt water, but is there...

Hi ROSIEonFIRE, Thanks very much for your input! Yep, I was talking in Celsius, lol, but yes my tank sits between 77-80F and 80% relative humidity 👌 THANK YOU FOR THE INSECT TIP!! I’ve been giving them tuna in spring water but no one seemed keen. I will definitely be ordering in some freeze dried st...

Oh good idea re local HC Facebook groups! Have a few buy nothing groups so will check those out as well!

Thanks Jlmills525 & Curly! You gave me the courage to leave my tank alone while I visited my family for 5 days. Got home, raced to the crabitat and…literally nothing has changed 🤣 In other news, I noticed that one crab (“the aggressor”) actually hasn’t gone down to molt like the others. She’s hiding...

For reference, the Help Request Q&As are included below this message :P Hi Crabbers,😊 So all 4 of my adopted Crabs have been transferred from a Krabuze, to their new 15 gallon tank (yep, too small, aiming for larger asap). They’ve been in there for roughly 10 days exploring etc and I usually hear a...

Thanks MusicalRose, I’ll definitely do that going forward.

It can be a thing, if one crab comes across another when they are molting and vulnerable. Are they both still visible from the surface? Like not totally underground? I would probably try to separate them, to avoid fighting. Ok, so when I looked, Pink (the original molter) was topside and ‘The Aggre...

IS IT LIKELY THAT 1 MOLTING CRAB WOULD ATTACK ANOTHER MOLTING CRAB WHILE UNDERGROUND??

I can hear chittering and there’s definite surface movement with legs and claws showing.

Is this a thing??

Jlmills525 wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 17, 2022 7:22 pm

is it this? https://www.redseafish.com/red-sea-salts/

this is on the water guide sheet

https://hermitcrabassociation.com/phpBB ... 27&t=92553

I think that’s it! Sorry - should have checked the water sheet!

Sweet, thanks!!!