HCA: Hermit Crab Association

part of my climbing wall where my hermies hangout the most is detaching from the tank wall. when i first made it i used aquarium silicone and plastic boxwood panels and let it dry flat with weights and books on top for 2 days. i dont have anywhere to move them to re silicone the panel, is there an ...

part of my climbing wall where my hermies hangout the most is detaching from the tank wall. when i first made it i used aquarium silicone and plastic boxwood panels and let it dry flat with weights and books on top for 2 days. i dont have anywhere to move them to re silicone the panel, is there an e...

it’s ok!! ok, i’ll wait a few months and until my other hermies come up. i’m sorry i have so many questions but how long should i keep Shelly isolated? and if Seamore has passed under the sand when i dig him up in a few months how should i go about cleaning? I just did an entire substrate change in ...

yeah seamore could have passed before shelly dug him up, it was his first molt with me after being in poor conditions for a year and a half, i adopted him in early december. Update on shelly, i found him digging exactly where my other hermie clawdia is molting so i moved him into a temporary tank be...

One of my bigger hermit crabs Seamore went down to molt on december 30th. when he went down, he was wearing a brown banded tapestry shell, and i only have one of that kind of shell. When i went to check on the hermies tonight i noticed that shell and thought seamore had come up from his molt because...

Hello! one if my first hermit crabs had his second molt with me week ago, and came up a little paler than normal, he’s mostly all pale with a tiny stripe of purple on his legs even his pincher is pretty pale. i’ve had him for 7 months and he’s always been a little on the paler side, but other than t...

When I transport small pets in winter, I use a vented container with bedding/padding inside of an insulated lunch pail, with a small heating pad. (We have snugglesafes for our cats, but hothands work, too!) For hermits, it'll be moistened moss or paper towels in a deli container, with holes punched...

You won't want to move the tank full of substrate, it will be heavy and the tank may break. Depending on your weather, you may want to consider a source of heat (even some water bottles filled with hot water, or hand warmers, etc). And something so they have some humidity, like some damp moss or co...

In a couple days i am adopting 2 more hermit crabs i’m so excited! the only thing i’m a little nervous about is the drive is 2 hours long. what is the best way to go about this? the person i am adopting them from is giving me the tank so i don’t have to bring anything extra, i believe it’s a 20 gall...

I know this might be a silly question, but i’ve been using 2 jugs to prepare and store my water. i use instant ocean (1/2 cup mixed with 1 gallon jug of tap water) for the salt pool and regular tap water for my freshwater pool, and i have been using 2 drops of seachem prime in both jugs and using th...

Just remember that I'd you have food/ grain mites they can act as a cleanup crew for the tank and help clean up the crabs poo. I don't think the mites will usually be on the crabs, but they might. I think you can maybe dip the crabs in some freshwater to get off the mites? (I know you are not suppo...

So I noticed my 10 gallon iso tank has some tiny tan mites hanging out on the wood decor and i have 2 new adoption crabs in there right now (1 molting and 1 i’m planning on moving to the main 150 gallon tank tomorrow), and i think what attracted them in there is some spilled chia seeds made a mini c...

My tank is in my living room which is across from my kitchen and dining room, and i was about to mop my floor with a cleaner but then stopped because i’m not sure if that’s safe around the tank. does anyone know if that’s safe or i should use vinegar that’s really diluted? also when I’m using cleani...

So i had been working on my tank upgrade which is a150 gallon ReptiZoo front opening terrarium and i’ve made it almost completely airtight (plexiglass on the mesh lid, plastic wrap covering any other opening and covering the small gaps where the doors slide). the first time i mixed up my substrate i...

It's good that he went back into a shell. I would keep him isolated from your other crabs - even in an empty margarine container with holes cut in the lid, in the main tank. Give him some high energy foods. He stayed in the coconut hut all night, i did look him a little bit and inspect the tank and...