HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Hi! So my crabitat (aka the champ lair), needs to be cleaned out and dirt needs to be switched, however, anytime I need to do that, one of my crabs (aka champs) are buried. As of right now, I've been having little flies fly around in the tank, I try and kill them when I can! However, one of my cham...

Usually my temp (in tank) falls between 75 and 77 F however, since I've moved them to their rubber tote (temporarily until Moe is done molting) it's been closer to 70 F which is getting to be too cold for them. I don't have a heater since it's usually good at maintaining temperature itself, what sh...

Update! Since yesterday when I remoistened the moss, it's now roughly 62%-65%, which is an improvement!

Haha I wish I had an answer for you! I have no idea how the humidity is so high in my tank. It's just sand with coconut fiber. I'm not doing anything terribly special. :lol: I have sand and coconut fiber that is sand castle consistency, two medium sized water bowls, and a moss pit! I even have a se...

Help please! It's difficult to regulate the humidity in my crabitat. I feel like there is no sweet spot. I can keep the glass lid tightly shut, then the substrate will stay nice and moldable. Then the humidity skyrockets and stays at 99%. I could prop the lid to let out some humidity, but the resul...

I see mine eat often. Sometimes when I put food in there and then they’ll come steal the food if they really love it. When I feed them, I’ll come back about 10-15 minutes later and stand back away from their cage to watch them eat. If the food is fragrant (or smelly), they go to the food dish rathe...

Thanks everyone for saying hi and giving advice I really appreciate it :D Hopefully I'll be able to give frequent updates, I may be busy for a bit as school is about to start up for me! School is about to start for me as well, and I may be getting another tank soon, I'm also busy working a ton! I s...

Give them some of the pumpkin leaves and flowers too! I even dry those for winter feeding. OoO that's smart! I have leafs and flowers now but no blooms yet! I could definitely get them a few, thanks for the tip! I regularly offer these natrual seeds I bought online, they are sunflower and pumpkin s...

And the pepper seeds too! My guys love the seeds! [emoji846] Sent from my Moto G (5) Plus using Tapatalk I didn't even think about pepper seeds or a piece of tomato! I have a pesticide free garden too! I'm growing pumpkins for this fall so they can some fresh pumpkin seeds when that time comes! I m...

The crack is on lower part of the shell , it doesn’t go all the way across his shell but its still kinda big. The way it cracked was my fault, he pinched me and out of reflex i flicked my hand[emoji17] also I couldnt get the clearest photo so i outlined it https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230816/...

Mine is a lot more active than my PPs, so they'll use any additional space and climbing items you can provide. She's also super picky about shells and has refused to change for the past 6 years, even though I've offered her a 100+ options over the years, so try to tempt with a solid shell in good s...

Nice! Should I wash the play sand before I put it in or is it ok to just put it right in? I would moisten it until sand castle consistency, but that's just so tunnels hold up, it's already washed and screened so your good to go straight out of the bag, but it just needs to be sand castle consistency!

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Tue Aug 15, 2023 4:42 pm

It is! Sakrete and Quikrete are the two major brands of playsand, with location playing the biggest part of which you'll end up with.

Fr! You get whichever of the two is available and ur all set! (substrate wise )

I'm a new to hermit crabs and I am building a bigger 20 gallon tank set up. In the 10 gallon I already have I used Flukers hermit beach sand and Eco earth. It works great but I'm sure as you all know it is pricey. I purchased from Lowe's Sakrete All-natural play sand. I found a lot of mixed reviews...

My hermit crab’s Shell cracked today and i was wondering if he would be ok until thursday because the new shells dont come until then. Do i need to do anything special for him or what? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk He needs his shell to be able to hold water or his abdomen will dry out and he ...