HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Hi! I'll put my suggestions under your answers. Hope this helps! Sent from my Moto G (5) Plus using Tapatalk unfortunately she did pass away. the smell got worse overnight so i went ahead and removed her. also i apologize for not being more clear in my post, i use instant ocean for the saltwater an...

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sorry for the essay, im trying to give as much info as possible. i couldnt figure out how to upload a picture so ill describe the situation as best as i can. i moved my two hermies into a new enclosure at the end of august or beginning of september. its a 40 gallon breeder with a thermostat, temp is...

i prevously had two hermies, one has passed recently (scully). i was wondering if it would be possible to keep my remaining crab (mulder) by herself? i have ample space for multiple crabs, but mulder is extremely food and shell defensive and i think it may be the reason for scullys death. they never...

apologies for the blurry image, this was the best i was able to get. https://i.postimg.cc/nhXL46db/20230410-224629.jpg you can see how its patchy, if it wasnt only in some areas i wouldnt be worried. both gonopores are only about half filled with the white stuff and i have no idea what it is. its in...

i posted on here a week or so ago asking about white stuff i saw in my crabs gonopores. i saw her climbing today and found it all along her underside on what appeared to be a clear-ish area of exoskeleton? apologies as i couldnt figure out how to upload photos. the white stuff appears to be on the i...

thank you so much for the info, i was worried it was some kind of infection. the crabby being intersex would definetly explain a lot of odd traits i had noticed. shes getting ready to molt, i bet that has something to do with the gonopores turning white so suddenly. again thank you, ive had a seriou...

apologies because i havent been able to get any photos of it, the crab in question is extremely skittish and doesnt like being picked up. i noticed about a month ago when my crabby was climbing that her gonopores had white bits in them, which i found concerning. ive absolutely SCRAPED the internet a...

She's in a tank by herself, I moved the other one out to a new setup because he was digging in the same spot she was buried and i was worried he was going to dig her up. She didn't surface molt, she was perfectly fine except she was a weird chalky grey color. I just woke up the next morning and she ...

I posted a few days ago on here about one of my molting crabs that I was worried about. I noticed today that the cage smelled gross, kind of like fish, and she still hasn't come back up. She's in a separate tank and there's nothing in there that could be making that smell. I replaced the sand just u...

HI! so my small crab (smaller than a golf ball) Scully went into molt about 5 weeks ago. I know it can take a while but im positive she hasn't come up at all and i'm worried. is there a way I can check on her or do i just have to wait? I found some concerning mold(?) growth in the sand right after s...

thank you guys! I've added some more fruits and veggies and im starting with "wet" protiens to get him into hydrated foods. He seems to like river shrimp so ill see how he does

Hello, i'm fairly new to hermit crab keeping so i need some advice from more experienced owners. About a month ago i got Mulder from a home that only fed him gross smelling store pellets (yuck). i've made food for my hermies but for reasons i'm not sure of he won't take anything fresh. he wont touch...