HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Hello Friends

I am a second time “soon to be” owner of two hermit crabs who are in need of a new home. Currently, I am setting up their crabitat. With all of the information available to me on the internet and how resourceful I am, these crabs will be living in a 5 Star Resort. ️️️️️

The habitat is under construction. I am missing a few necessary items before I will take them home with me, but I wanted to share my progress!

I am waiting for UPS to deliver my UTH, UVB Lighting, turbo shells and very important complete meals, prime, marine salt and leaf litter from South of the Ocean.

Upon doing research I found some very useful information but if there is anything you’d like to share please feel free to leave a comment.

I’ll post an update photo once I get the rest of my very important items for my crabitat. I should be ready to rehome once I receive everything in the mail.

Happy Crabbing!

Demi
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They look like purple pinchers!


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Under Construction


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Under Construction

I’m waiting for my complete meals and UTH from Reptile Basics.

Note: I will use insulation with the UTH.

More pictures coming soon!


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Wow good for you, your tank looks great! I need a crab cam!

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Jenny55 wrote:Wow good for you, your tank looks great! I need a crab cam!

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If I could go back I would get the Wyze Cam V3
but I got the V3 Pan version which is huge in comparison.

The Wyze Cam V3 is on sale for $20 on Amazon!
https://a.co/d/g9EkN75

If you have a tall tank, go with the pan cam… but my pan cam barely made the cut!


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Demaetrix wrote: If I could go back I would get the Wyze Cam V3
but I got the V3 Pan version which is huge in comparison.

The Wyze Cam V3 is on sale for $20 on Amazon!
https://a.co/d/g9EkN75

If you have a tall tank, go with the pan cam… but my pan cam barely made the cut!


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Hmm the link is broken.

WYZE Cam v3 with Color Night Vision, Wired 1080p HD Indoor/Outdoor Video Camera, 2-Way Audio, Works with Alexa, Google Assistant, and IFTTT

Just search this instead, or try this link. Maybe it works?

Limited-time deal: WYZE Cam v3 with Color Night Vision, Wired 1080p HD Indoor/Outdoor Video Camera, 2-Way Audio, Works with Alexa, Google Assistant, and IFTTT https://a.co/d/9MNnXml


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Demaetrix wrote: Hmm the link is broken.

WYZE Cam v3 with Color Night Vision, Wired 1080p HD Indoor/Outdoor Video Camera, 2-Way Audio, Works with Alexa, Google Assistant, and IFTTT

Just search this instead, or try this link. Maybe it works?

Limited-time deal: WYZE Cam v3 with Color Night Vision, Wired 1080p HD Indoor/Outdoor Video Camera, 2-Way Audio, Works with Alexa, Google Assistant, and IFTTT https://a.co/d/9MNnXml


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Thanks for the info!

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The people ghosted me so I rescued two hermit crabs from my local store who were the largest in the tank.





Turns out I have one male and one female. I asked my younger siblings to name them. So, say hello to Vulcan and Azula.

After about a week, they are now exploring the tank and eating their complete meals. Vulcan already showed me he was an escape artist, he nearly got out of the tank. So I placed weights on top for the time being.



I purchased some growth shells since it seems like 1.5 is the minimum size they can change to.



Silly crabs exploring and eating their complete meals!


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Looking good! You'll want to get a few more shells - HCA recommends 3-5 extra shells per crab, in order to give them enough choice, and to avoid fighting over shells.