HCA: Hermit Crab Association

I have been using this website for a few months! I stopped by the pet store to pick up dog food and saw they had hermit crabs. I was told that hermit crabs can live in a little wire cage with a bag of sand and water/food tray. I could also add a toy and some extra shells. Of course I had to get two! I came home, set up my cage, and than decided to google "hermit crab care" in case the pet shop forgot to tell me something. I quickly learned that I had created a torture chamber for my crabs. Thanks for posting all of this information on the website! I now have two crabitats (40 gal, and one slightly larger) with a nice crabby family. My crabs are doing fantastic!!! It's really frustrating that people working at pet stores know so little about hermit crab care. I feel so horrible thinking about all of the hermit crabs suffering.

My only problem is mold in one of my crabitats. I use glass lids and a fogger to keep them nice and humid. They also have several water bowls. I'm having a problem with mold growing on my reptile climbing background (is that what it's called?) and wood hideouts. So far I have been taking out the moldy ones and replacing it with an extra while I wash and dry the old one. The mold comes back after about a week. I some times have mold in the substrate (sand mixed with ecoearth soaked in saltwater) but that's just because one of my crabby's has a habit of stashing banana chips behind stuff. What do you guys do about mold?

Soak the climbing background in saltwater. I've heard that helps but have only ever down that with wood.

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Increase air flow in tank... Getting a small fan - or air pump... even opening the lid more - can help decrease mould production.

i soak them in SW and bake them in the oven at 300 until they are dried. and i mist the wood with SW. so far no mold unless it was food dragged onto the sub i missed.