HCA: Hermit Crab Association

This is my current setup. Any suggestions?

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Looks great... however it's a bit hard to make out but how deep is your substrate? Looks rather low. Also you might want to upgrade your water bowls so they are deeper to encourage bathing.

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The substrate is currently at 4 " from the bottom. I am looking in to getting more but funds ran dry due to unexpected bills. The water bowls that I am using are also just temporary untill I can get Tupperware bowls set up. I used to have a set, but they were unfortunately thrown away by my wife while I was doing a deep clean.

Ok so after seeong everyones new set ups and changes, I decided to do a lottle work my self. Deepwe water bowls, deeper substrate, moss pit, digital hydrometer, hemp corner net, and a few other small changes. Good news is that the humidity is staying up, but I still need to get a heater. Any other suggestions?

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I really need to spell check my posts.

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Looking good! I like it!!! You've done a lot of work there - I bet the crabs are loving it!

You've pretty much thought of everything I would have suggested. Only thing I don't see (maybe you have it and I just can tell because of the angle of the picture) is a way for the crabs to get in and out of the water pools and moss pit safely. Moss pit, they can probably manage if you've got the substrate & moss height about the same (and they're not going to drown in a poss pit), but for the water pools, might want to add some craft mesh held in place w/zip ties, or aquarium plants or rocks they can climb to get out. If you could pretend that I have real stackable tupperware and not just cutoff cottage cheese containers, here's an example of what I'm talking about with the craft mesh: http://www.hermitcrabassociation.com/ph ... 8&t=114062

Little ramps made out a thermo plastic (mold and heat). It has a texture side so they can get a grip on it. I have already caught 2 of them in the pools.

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Awesome! Looks great! Do you have a link for that thermoset plastic sheet? I might like to try it out.

Love the transformation

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Cosplaysupplies.com the stuff is called Wonderflex. Even the little roll is quite alot of material.

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Looks fantastic! For a heater I recommend an ultra Therm from reptilebasics.com, insulated (taped over and into tank) with reflectix tape (can be bought on amazon.


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You've done a great job!! Looks like u have a lot of the bases covered and I like the shell shack /second level! If u r looking to add more activities for the hermies, u can look into a modified hamster wheel or even just some fish netting from the local craft store:)


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I tried the fish netting in my topper tank. My crabs keep getting stuck in it. It got so bad the other night, I had to cut one out... I've always used hemp nets from hermie fun store (linked in shopping resources) in my other tanks and never had this problem. I will NEVER make the mistake of buying fish netting again.

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I have a hemp net in the corner that I bought a long time ago. I havnt seen any of my crabs use it yet.

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I have a fish net as a ladder into my shell shop, I have not had any problems with crabs getting stuck in it, but The holes are big.


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