HCA: Hermit Crab Association

Hey everyone!

As promised, I’m sharing quite a few photos from my recent move in South Florida. This tank was a beast and a half to move, and I’m so glad we’re done!

I don’t normally replace my sand or substrate, but honestly, out of ease and laziness, I did. I had 2 back surgeries last year so anything to make it a littler easier - I’m doing!

Anyways, I also upgraded my 2.5 gallon pools to 5 gallon pools (holy crap, they’re huge!). Since they were going to be so big, I added a submersible filter to lower the amount of hands-on maintenance . Should out to Chewy to getting these to me quickly and cheaply! (Not sponsored, but I do work for them )





















I should add, I do have shells for the crabs. I forgot to let them out of the water they were cooling in after boiling and they’re drying. I’ll add those in later tonight.

Thanks for reading!

Jeff


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This is amazing! I would looove to have a tank that big! I’m sure your crabbies will love it too! What is the green vine-looking stuff that your one guy is hanging upside down from?


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Are those wading pools? I like them!


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crabbycasey wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 02, 2021 3:44 pm

This is amazing! I would looove to have a tank that big! I’m sure your crabbies will love it too! What is the green vine-looking stuff that your one guy is hanging upside down from?


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This was a reptile vine that I actually found on Amazon! it was like $10 and they love it!

JeffCrab wrote: This was a reptile vine that I actually found on Amazon! it was like $10 and they love it!

It looks cool, I’ll look it up! Reminds me of puffy paint, lol...if you know what that is! Thanks for the reply!


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Sooo cool of a tank! And I love the climbing fun!

It looks amazing! What are you using to heat that? I'm thinking about upgrading to that size but worry about being able to heat it properly.

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blackberry75 wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 07, 2021 11:43 am

It looks amazing! What are you using to heat that? I'm thinking about upgrading to that size but worry about being able to heat it properly.

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I have two reptile under tank heaters that are stuck to the back of the tank. These are also automated to heat the tank to 82 degrees. It creates a warmer side and a cooler side. The warm side usually sits at 82-83 and the cooler side is around 75. I find the crabs to be so much more active when it's between 80-83 in their tank.

I'm also lucky and live in South Florida, so heating is usually the least of my worries here. Haha!

Jeff

Ok, thanks. I didn't realize you could get the uth so large.

I've got my current uth set up on a controller as well. It's great at stabilizing temps.

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blackberry75 wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 07, 2021 12:01 pm

Ok, thanks. I didn't realize you could get the uth so large.

I've got my current uth set up on a controller as well. It's great at stabilizing temps.

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Yes! I have two of these bad boys and they work wonderfully!

https://www.chewy.com/zoo-med-reptither ... SMEALw_wcB