HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Thank you. One went under right away. Haven’t seen her. The other one is out and about. Even when I open the cover to add food and water.

Ok. As long as they don’t get stuck down there. Trapped. It is all mixed. Sandcastle consistency. Btw the other one is up now. On top of the sand sitting there. Hanging out!

Great! Thank you!

I meant how deep is too deep. They are probably about 2-3 inches big. I just don’t want them suffocating. The substrate is about 1 foot deep

Oh and they were just hanging out.

I did throw out the sand. It was at the very end that I found them. They were totally healthy. But they went underground after about 5 minutes. I’ll keep them. By the way, I had to buy new sand and trying to get the sandcastle consistency. I kept adding more. How much is too much sand?

There are 3, at least 2 (they went under almost a year ago) missing. One of them was the one that just went under. I know one of the empty shells was like the or 4th one to go under. I don’t remember about the other empty shell.

I just was slowly sifting the sand into a garbage. Found two empty shells. On the other side we’re two live ones. Just bought sand to replace what I threw out. Only have coco fiber right now

I believe it’s a 60 gallon tank. About 6 inches of sand/fiber substrate. And it looked very much like the claw was hollow. I thought I read a few times that if the big pincer is off it’s not a very good sign.

Long story short about the end of summer through I think February I bought 7 hermits. 2 died quickly so I added more. Went right underground. Haven’t seen 4 of them in almost a year I guess. One was out and about. Active. Could hear him every morning while I had coffee. Now he’s missing. I was takin...

I don’t know. I’ll have to check. They’re not big dishes. The saltwater is the biggest.

The substrate is at least 6 inches. Haven’t moistened it since I set it up because they were all underground. I was afraid to wet it that much. I have a screen lid. Plastic wrap over it. I just saw the one that is always around this morning. I smell it still around the house. I’ll take the eggs out....

The substrate is at least 6 inches. Haven’t moistened it since I set it up because they were all underground. I was afraid to wet it that much. I have a screen lid. Plastic wrap over it. I just saw the one that is always around this morning. I smell it still around the house. I’ll take the eggs out....

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Oh that’s a good idea. I’ll think about two tanks. They’ve been underground so long I honestly can’t remember. Pretty much within the first month of getting each one.