HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Thanks so much for the encouragement. I will be patient for as long as I can. The tank does not smell any different than usual. It is ironic that they chose now to go under. Perhaps Sarah is right and they are jealous and making us worry so that we do not forget that they were here first. We will le...

They are a variety of sizes from tiny too the size of a golf ball. We are concerned because of finding the one crab had died and although it did smell awful when we dug it up - the tank itself had no unusual smell at all. We have had two successful molts ( one took seven weeks and was the size of a ...

I am not sure if this is an emergency or just a case of jitters from a nervous owner. We have 6 crabs in a 29 gallon tank. Temp and humidity are within range and we have added no new crabs into this tank in two or three months. The problem is that we have not seen most of the crabs in a few Weeks. W...

I have to admit that I scanned the 7 pages of this thread and may have missed the answer to this question. I made a humidifier with tubes etc. Does the 'unit' need to be in the crabitat or can it sit outside with the humidifying tube entering the tank? I wonder because if possible I would like to ke...

In honesty the cost of cocohuts in Connecticut varies from around $3 to $6. They charge more for the ones painted with words Hermie Hut etc. It really pays to shop around though. I apologize if I made it sound like I was criticizing you for your comment. That is why I dislike email/forum format a bi...

Thanks Great owl. I had shaved the extra meat, but was not sure if you could simply bake it. That will go in the oven when the huts come out. It was more about the fun of the project and the time we shared together and NOT the cost. We had a lot of fun and got two personally made huts for $2.00 and ...

My daughter and I just finished cutting open our coconut. Sarah even tried the milk! My question is how do I 'dry' the coconut so that I can make use of ALL the meat? We scooped it out and gave our guys some fresh meat, but they will never finish all this meat. Also how long can I keep it fresh? Sho...