HCA: Hermit Crab Association

How are you drying them? Mold sounds like there’s either too much moisture or not enough air flow. If the outside surface is hard wiping with vinegar (or even bleach, you can wash off any residue after the curing process) should help with mold I used the “put them on the patio for fall decoration a...

Hiya! I have a large crab (unsure of “official” size) who loved the hanging coconut hide… …even when he barely fit in it. Two molts and one shell change later, he definitely doesn’t fit in it! I thought I’d make him one his size using a dried gourd. I got two fresh ones from a pumpkin patch last yea...

They'll corrode eventually. I used a little metal 4 inch desk fan for a while but anything metallic eventually rusts or corrodes, the cover rusted out in a couple of year. How did you mount the desk fan? The reptile fans I’ve found so far seem designed for a screen top. I’m trying to mentally pictu...

Computer fans don’t short out in the humidity? I was looking at aquarium fans but many of them seem designed for rimless tanks and look difficult to mount in my crabitat.