HCA: Hermit Crab Association

https://www.hermitcrabassociation.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=122302 Read and follow this guide. Also, can I get some background on your tank? Tank size, amount of substrate (inches) , amount of shells, heat and humidity, what food and water is offered? i’ve isolated the hermit crab and i have 2...

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230702/a4284046b69e406c7149f445e9508c52.jpg my hermit crab was out of their shell when i came back from a trip so i tried to get them to a tank and they were moving and walking slowly and when they were in the tank i put them in a shell and they were slowly moving...

i need to add like 3 inches of sand but i think i have underground crabs and isopods will they be fine or do i wait??

sorry 4 late reply but i have put 14 roly polys straight from my backyard into the tank… do i take them out

can i use roly polys from my backyard for my hermit crabs? do i need to anything to them if so?

is fluval marine sea salt okay to use for water?


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yes but i have a lot of turbo shells anyways


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can i still use this shell with a hole in it?

Ok. I just tried to give him honey and his legs fell off. Not sure if it’s skeleton. They looked empty. Still something in the shell. i’m sorry that’s happening. from what i have heard and seen, you should bury him into the tank and put something like a flower pot over him and wait a few weeks. che...

you should hand feed him some honey for energy and anything you can crush into powder. make a cave from the eco earth. also i recommend getting a small bowl with the crushed stuff and fruits and put the honey on a q tip. if you want to make space for shells maybe remove the plants

I measure the temperature in the tank last night and it was 73*F. That was without the blanket though. And it's possible that the 73 is an underestimate because cool air entered the tank when I opened it to put the thermometer in (I left it in for a half hour or so). Can't be sure yet, but I strong...

no and no should i isolate them now or wait until they molt?

i definitely recommend getting a greenhouse thermometer it helped me a lot

when I bought some hermit crabs in august one of them has 4 legs they drink,eat, and walk normally but do i need to isolate them?

how do people get their tank so humid without floods? i spray the tank a little bit and the substrate is already so wet but not humid