HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Hi everyone! I've been looking through the forum avidly and have learned a lot from all of your experiences. Thank you for that! I guess it's about time that I come out of my shell and introduce myself.

My first crab, a large PP named Mac, came to me almost 2 years ago from a young friend who'd gotten her through the state fair. Her conditions previously were not as good as they could have been but Mac is a survivor! Google-nut that I am, I read up immediately on some basics and gave her an improved home here. Though she seemed to be happy enough alone, recently I decided I ought to provide her with some buddies. I brought home some small Ecuadorians after falling in love with those marvelous eyes. Most of the little guys (and they are ALL males except her) are buried down at the moment, but I'm so pleased that the largest E, Zoidberg, came up yesterday after almost a month underground. Whew!

Currently I'm working on outfitting a bigger tank for the group and have gotten so many great ideas from this forum. Swimming pools and GS ledges and yes, I've even made the dreaded false bottom. Here's hoping that it comes out like I'm picturing it, and that the crabbies love it. Keep the ideas coming!

Welcome To HCA,& am glad the forums are helping you!! Yes those lil eyes are awesome!!! Hoping you post some pictures when everyones up & around!!

Hello! Welcome, nice to meet you. Enjoy the crabbing addiction and the craziness that comes with it.
Don't forget to share pics! We LOVE pics! And by we, of course i mean ME!



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Oh we all love pics!

Thanks for the warm welcome and the lovely picture! I'll post some if I can figure out how. I'm so bad at this technical stuff.

Posting pics is easy on tapatalk, tho there might be an issue with tapatalk2? There is a sticky on posting via website, which requires a hosting account: viewtopic.php?t=87783


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yeess YYWW, tapatalk2 is still having issues, I havent been able to post pictures due to"update the latest version of app", yet im up2 date?? lol:evil:

Yikes moonshermies, have you tried uninstall+reinstall? You cant just use the original tapatalk? Original tapatalk is so sweeet


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The download was version 2.??on my old phone..I'm on my iPhone now(a major upgrade for me lol)so I'll hopefully be posting pictures again soon..get to see my new 2 adoptees!!





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Tapatalk sounds cool but I'm that last person on earth without a smartphone. Guess I'll have to look into one of the photo hosting sites. Anyone want to tell me which ones are the simplest to work with?

I might be getting a 75 gallon tank in the next couple days - yay! It would be so great to have that much room for the crabbies. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

Photobucket, imgur, picasa, shutterfly?? I use imgur but you can check the pics' links for other options, as they all need to link to those sites.


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