HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Thank you curlysister for all your valuable help. I did insulate parts of my tank that did not have a heater with tinfoil wrapped cardboard and it keeps the temp stable at F72 but I don't get it higher. My two crabs moved in the tank on Dec 26 - one is sitting under the hideout, the second was out o...

Ok! I will try the tinfoil wrapped around cardboard trick and see if I can get the temp up a bit. I assume it's normal for them to go down when they come new into the tank?

OMG autocorrect ... destress

Also I know that new crabs need to festrede but I am not sure if they had any water or food since I got them on Dec 26. is that normal?

Thanks for the quick reply. I have folded up a blanket over the top a d will see if that works. Do you think that a constant temp of low 70 is bearable until I get new mats?

Hi there, thanks for getting back to me. I do have a substrate mix with coconut fiber and sand, it is about 5 inches deep. The crabs are really small and I think that should be deep enough. The humidity seems fine around 80% - at the heater less but I do mist the surface regularly. I have ceran wrap...

Hi everyone, I am excited to start this journey. So I am a new hermit crab owner - 2 purple pinchers. I am using a Exo Terra terrarium with a mesh lid (18x18x24). The humidity is fine but I do have problems to get the temperature up. I thought I did prepare myself well enough - read tons of books an...